chose

verb

Definition of chose

(Entry 1 of 2)

past tense of choose

transitive verb

1a : to select freely and after consideration choose a career

b : to decide on especially by vote : elect chose her as captain

2a : 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

noun

\ ˈshōz

Definition of chose (Entry 2 of 2)

: a piece of personal property : thing

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The first known use of chose was in 1670

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past tense of choose

chose

noun

\ ˈshōz

Legal Definition of chose

: 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

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