chose

1 of 2

verb

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

chose

2 of 2

noun

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

Rhymes for chose

• blows
• brose
• cloze
• cose
• crows
• doughs
• doze
• floes
• flows
• foes
• froze
• glows

Kids Definition

chose

past 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

Etymology

Noun

Anglo-French, literally, thing, from Old French, from Latin causa legal case, reason, cause