chose
1 of 2verb
past tense of choose
transitive verb
1
a
: to select freely and after consideration
choose a career
b
: to decide on especially by vote : elect
chose her as captain
2
a
: to have a preference for
choose one car over another
b
: decide
chose to go by train
intransitive verb
1
: to make a selection
finding it hard to choose
2
: to take an alternative —used after cannot and usually followed by but
when earth is so kind, men cannot choose but be happy
J. A. Froude
J. A. Froudechose
2 of 2noun
ˈshōz 
: a piece of personal property : thing
Word History
Etymology
Noun
French, from Latin causa cause, reason
First Known Use
Noun
1670, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
chose
past tense of choose
Legal Definition
chose
noun
ˈshōz
: a piece of personal property
— chose in action
: a right to something (as payment of a debt or damages for injury) that can be recovered in a lawsuit
also : a document (as a check or stock certificate) embodying such a right
— chose in possession
: something that is in one's actual possession or can be possessed
chose
verb
1
as in selected
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities choose a computer that best suits your needs Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- selected
- picked
- preferred
- named
- took
- elected
- designated
- culled
- handpicked
- nominated
- tagged
- adopted
- accepted
- appointed
- cherry-picked
- opted (for)
- tapped
- embraced
- preselected
- marked
- singled (out)
- set
- espoused
- tabbed
- fixed
- settled (on or upon)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- refused
- rejected
- declined
- disapproved
- spurned
- repudiated
- discarded
- turned down
- negatived
- jettisoned
- threw out
- threw away
2
as in wanted
to see fit you can wear whatever you choose to the party Synonyms & Similar Words
- wanted
- pleased
- wished
- liked
- willed
- desired
- craved
- coveted
- fancied
- decided
- resolved
- itched (for)
- determined
- hungered (for)
- died (for)
- hankered (for)
- pined (for)
- sighed (for)
- thirsted (for)
- yearned (for)
- repined (for)
- lusted (for or after)
- panted (after)
- longed (for)
- ached (for)
3
as in opted
to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration chose to write on a controversial topic for the local newspaper Synonyms & Similar Words
- opted
- decided
- figured
- found
- determined
- resolved
- concluded
- selected
- named
- preferred
- picked
- ruled
- elected
- settled (on or upon)
- decreed
- handpicked
- culled
- pondered
- adjudged
- contemplated
- deliberated
- debated
- studied
- arbitrated
- refereed
- adjudicated
- judged
- ruminated
- weighed
- considered
- meditated
- ruled (on)
- questioned
- entertained
- umpired
- chewed over
- cogitated
- singled (out)
- mulled (over)
- thought (about or over)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- refused
- rejected
- declined
- hesitated
- abstained
- delayed
- halted
- temporized
- stalled
- turned down
- vacillated
- wavered
- waffled
- shilly-shallied