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chose

SayCHOHZ/t͡ʃoʊz/UK/t͡ʃəʊz/

Noun pluralchoses

4 meanings of chose

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  1. 1
    verb
    Past tense of choose. Use it for the past.

    She chose the smaller slice of cake.

    We chose a movie to watch together.

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  2. 2
    verbnonstandard
    Past participle of choose. Some people say this after have, but chosen is the correct form.

    She had chose the red one before changing her mind.

    We've chose the wrong day to travel.

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  3. 3
    nouncountable
    A piece of personal property that a person owns, such as goods or money owed to them.

    Like a label that covers anything you own, whether it's a thing you can hold or money someone owes you.

    A debt counts as a chose that can be passed to someone else.

    The lawyer explained that the painting was a chose belonging to the estate.

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Less common meaning

  1. 4
    verbobsolete
    Past tense of chuse. Chuse is an old spelling of choose that is no longer used.
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chose is a form of choose

choose, verb: To pick someone or something from two or more possibilities. Full entry

Forms
choosechooses he/she/itchoosing -ing formchose past tensechosen past participle
Spelling
choose → chose: irregular (no -ed)

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Origin

From Middle French chose, from Latin causa meaning "cause, reason."