Definition of chose
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
- past tense of choose
