chose
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1 past tense of choose (v.) A2 Elementarythe past tense of 'choose'. You use this when you picked one thing instead of another in the past.
the simple past indicative of 'choose'. It is used to describe a selection made prior to the moment of speaking.
ExampleShe chose the blue dress for the party last night.
ExampleAfter reviewing several competing proposals, the board finally chose the candidate with the most international experience.
PitfallI have chose the red one.I have chosen the red one.In standard English, 'chose' is the past tense, but 'chosen' is the past participle used after 'have' or 'had'.
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2 personal property (n.) C2 Proficiency Technical Formal Lawa legal word for a piece of property or a right to something.
a term in personal property law denoting a thing or a right to possession. Often appears in the phrase 'chose in action'.
ExampleThe lawyer explained that the debt was a chose in action.
ExampleThe court had to determine whether the contractual right constituted a chose in action that could be legally assigned to a third party.
UsagePronounced like the French word 'chose' (shohz).
- chattel
- asset
From Middle French chose, from Latin causa (“cause, reason”). Doublet of cause.