Meanings
chose1
- colloquialnonstandardparticiplepastpast participle of choose
I expect you might have chose a somewhat larger fish, but I'll try an' make it do.
1896, Sarah Orne Jewett, The Country of the Pointed Firs, Houghton Mifflin, page 662 more examples
From what conſummate vertue I have choſe / This perfect Man, by merit call'd my Son,
1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 10, lines 165-166Since this work is about Vilna's Jewish community, I have chose the familiar spelling Vilna, which closely approximates Jews' preferred name for their city.
2010, Andrew Noble Koss, World War I and the Remaking of Jewish Vilna, Stanford University Press, page x
chose2
CHOSE3
- abbreviationacronymuncountablemanagementAcronym of confidence, hope, optimism, subjective well-being, and emotional intelligence.
Origin
- Latincausa“cause, reason”
- Middle Frenchchose
- Englishchose
From Middle French chose, from Latin causa (“cause, reason”). Doublet of cause.
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chose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chose
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