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CHOSEN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An exclusive group of people

Example:

one of the elect who have power inside the government

Synonyms:

chosen; elect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("chosen" is a kind of...):

elite; elite group (a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

Dae-Han-Min-Gook; Han-Gook; Korea; Korean Peninsula (an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook)

Sense 3

Meaning:

One who is the object of choice; who is given preference

Example:

she was Mama's chosen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("chosen" is a kind of...):

darling; dearie; deary; ducky; favorite; favourite; pet (a special loved one)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past participle of the verb choose

Credits

 Context examples: 

A designation that a patient has chosen not to heed the directions that medical staff has advised, and has chosen to leave the facility.

(Left Against Medical Advice, NCI Thesaurus)

Any method of selecting a sample in which cases are not chosen by random sampling.

(Nonrandom Sampling, NCI Thesaurus)

Therefore the term "study protocol" was chosen to disambiguate it from other protocols.

(Clinical Study Protocol, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

I saw her innocently kiss her chosen husband on the cheek, and creep close to his bluff form as if it were her best support.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

For some reason, Woodley was chosen as the husband.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You were chosen, doubtless, as resembling her in height, figure, and the colour of your hair.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Therefore Simpson becomes eliminated from the case, and our attention centres upon Straker and his wife, the only two people who could have chosen curried mutton for supper that night.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And they were married that very day, and the soldier was chosen to be the king’s heir.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Among other factors, the site was chosen for its geographical location, as the telescopes in Brazil and Russia will be positioned to capture complementary imagery.

(High tech Russian telescope to start operating in Brazil, Agência Brasil)

They were chosen for their characteristic sounds they make, their large presence in the region, and their popularity.

(Amazon jungle animals to be monitored by sensors, Agência Brasil)