chosen
part of speech
verb form (past participle of choose: chosen); adjective
meaning for a pupil
1) Chosen means picked from a group as the one you want. tree →
2) As an adjective, chosen describes someone or something that has been selected, like the chosen team. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and school, «You have been chosen to be class captain» or «I have chosen a book». In maths, combinations ask how many ways things can be chosen, e.g. two from three. In stories, «the chosen one» is a hero picked by fate to do something special. Phrases: «have chosen», «was chosen», «chosen one», «chosen few», «carefully chosen».
examples
- She was chosen to read the poem in assembly. tree →
- I have chosen the blue one. tree →
- He was chosen as team captain. tree →
- Our class was chosen to plant the new tree. tree →
- The chosen book was about dragons. tree →
- In the story, the boy was the chosen one. tree →
- How many ways can two fruits be chosen from three? tree →
- Her words were carefully chosen. tree →
- Heracles, with a few chosen comrades, alone remained on board. tree →
note
Irregular verb: choose, chose, chosen. Use «chosen» after «have/has/had» or «was/were»: «I have chosen», «It was chosen». «I chose» (past simple). Do not write «I have chose». Pronounced «CHOH-zen».
In the corpora
- Godparents are chosen at a christening to take a special interest in the child as it grows.
- Documentary shows about real hospitals film real patients who agreed; they show the exciting moments chosen from hundreds of hours.
- Parental controls can ask for a PIN before films above a chosen age, such as 12 or 13+, will play.
- A bot's name is a product name chosen by a company.
- Breaking was not chosen for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «chosen» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.