chosen

noun

cho·sen | \ˈchō-zᵊn

plural chosen

Definition of chosen

(Entry 1 of 2)

: one who is the object of choice or of divine favor : an elect person

chosen

adjective

Definition of chosen (Entry 2 of 2)

1 : elect

2 : selected or marked for favor or special privilege a chosen few

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Synonyms & Antonyms for chosen

Synonyms: Noun

bet, choice, pick, selection

Synonyms: Adjective

choice, elect, favored, favorite, handpicked, picked, preferred, select, selected

Antonyms: Noun

rejectee

Examples of chosen in a Sentence

Noun

of the five sons in the family, he was his father's chosen and thus showered with attention and special gifts

Adjective

the chosen few who are invited to a gathering at the CEO's house at the end of the year

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Items are purchased by staff and chosen based on nutritional value, demand (based on sales) and availability ( through vendors Costco and Sam's Club), Brewer said. — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, "Charter school's healthy snack store serves students in food desert," 9 June 2017

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective

While timing is clearly a consideration, so too is the chosen method of getting the boys and their coach out of the cave. — NBC News, "Thailand soccer team rescue: Conditions now 'most suitable' but monsoon threatens," 7 July 2018 Transparency is the chosen method to UnKoch madness. — WSJ, "If UnKoch Is Fine, What About an UnSoros?," 6 June 2018 As part of a campaign by MyHeritage DNA, eight footballing legends took a DNA test, to explore this very notion and find out just how much of their chosen nation was present in their blood. — SI.com, "8 Football Legends Discover Which Nations They Could Have Played For," 4 July 2018 His wife, Jane O’Meara Sanders, is now head of the Sanders Institute, a progressive think tank, and Sanders himself has hit the campaign trail for a few chosen candidates. — Sarah Jones, The New Republic, "Bernie Sanders Is Not the Left," 26 June 2018 And, by the way, to also cast a vote for their chosen candidates. — Lori Weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Final campaign push in San Diego: walking and phoning," 2 June 2018 The organization is asking participants to wear orange, which has become the chosen color of the gun violence prevention movement. — Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, "Naperville News Digest," 25 May 2018 Much of the impetus for chosen-family-friendly sick leave laws has come from gay people. — Jennifer Peltz, The Christian Science Monitor, "Changes in sick-leave laws allow workers to care for 'chosen family'," 9 Mar. 2018 Much of the impetus for chosen-family-friendly sick leave laws has come from gay people. — Washington Post, "Caring for ‘chosen family’ gains ground in sick-leave laws," 9 Mar. 2018

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