chosen

¹ American  

[choh-zuhn] / ˈtʃoʊ zən /

verb

1. a past participle of choose.

---

adjective

1. selected from several; preferred.

   The project combined my passion for sailing with my chosen profession as a TV producer.

2. Theology. elect.

noun

1. the chosen. the elect.

Chosen ² American  

[choh-sen] / ˈtʃoʊˈsɛn /

noun

1. Japanese name of Korea.

---

chosen ¹ British  

/ ˈtʃəʊzən /

verb

1. the past participle of choose

---

adjective

1. selected or picked out, esp for some special quality

Chosen ² British  

/ ˈtʃəʊˈsɛn /

noun

1. the official name for Korea when it was a Japanese province (1910–45)

---

Other Word Forms

• chosenness noun
• unchosen adjective

Etymology

Origin of chosen

First recorded in 1200–50, for the noun

Example Sentences

But I also started taking notice of friends who had chosen a less-driven path.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

She writes, “I wondered why he’d chosen him, rather than Leila, as his focus,” and guessed at how Jim might work with women based on this first film: “I assumed wrong.”

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

"Hungary has chosen Europe," was the assessment of Ursula von der Leyen the European Commission president.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Rachel Khong’s irresistible puzzle of a second novel suggests it is a mistake to think we can force complex, nature-nurture identities in a chosen direction.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Why had the Afterlife chosen to show him that Recollection now?

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman