Chose
/t͡ʃoʊz/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A thing; personal property.
- 2 Acronym of confidence, hope, optimism, subjective well-being, and emotional intelligence. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Verb
- 1 simple past of choose form-of, past
- 2 past participle of choose colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past
"From what conſummate vertue I have choſe / This perfect Man, by merit call'd my Son,"
- 3 simple past of chuse form-of, past
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"We cheered for him and chose him as our captain."
Etymology
From Middle French chose, from Latin causa (“cause, reason”). Doublet of cause.