chosen

verb

/ˈt͡ʃəʊ.zən/UK/ˈt͡ʃoʊ.zən/US

Etymology

From Middle English chosen, ychosen, ichosen, re-analysed variant of coren, icoren, ȝecoren (“chosen”), from Old English coren, ġecoren (“chosen”), past participle of Old English ċēosan (“to choose”). Morphologically equivalent to choose + -en (past participle ending).

derived from ċēosan — “to choose”
inherited from coren
inherited from chosen

Definitions

past participle of choose
past participle of chuse
3
picked
picked; selected
- The chosen candidate accepted the award with pride.
- Only a few chosen participants were allowed entry.
›+ 3 more definitionsshow fewer
1. elected
2. Alternative form of Joseon
  Alternative form of Joseon: A former Korean kingdom and dynasty in East Asia which ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1392 CE to 1897 CE.
3. A former colony of Japan in East Asia
  A former colony of Japan in East Asia; Korea under Japanese rule, from 1910 through 1945.

The neighborhood

Derived

chosen-ciphertext attack, chosen family, chosenhood, chosen instrument, chosen name, chosenness, chosen one, chosen people, chosen-plaintext attack, chosen race, forechosen, ill-chosen, nonchosen, prechosen, unchosen

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at chosen. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at chosen. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at chosen

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA