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# chosen

«chosen» in Mova's school dictionary: **picked from a group as the one you want** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chosen/#m1)

2) As an adjective, chosen describes someone or something that has been selected, like the chosen team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chosen/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chosen/#x1)
- I have chosen the blue one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chosen/#x2)
- He was chosen as team captain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chosen/#x3)
- Our class was chosen to plant the new tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chosen/#x4)
- The chosen book was about dragons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chosen/#x5)
- In the story, the boy was the chosen one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chosen/#x6)
- How many ways can two fruits be chosen from three? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chosen/#x7)
- Her words were carefully chosen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chosen/#x8)
- Heracles, with a few chosen comrades, alone remained on board. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chosen/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/11/)
- [Documentary shows about real hospitals film real patients who agreed; they show the exciting moments chosen from hundreds of hours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/54-reality-tv-what-is-staged-and-what-is-real/22/)
- [Parental controls can ask for a PIN before films above a chosen age, such as 12 or 13+, will play.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/15/)
- [A bot's name is a product name chosen by a company.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop/11/)
- [Breaking was not chosen for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chosen» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chosen/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.