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chosen
(mass) | chosen
- choose/chose/chosen |
chosen
(encz) | chosen,choose/chose/chosen v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
chosen
(encz) | chosen,vybrán Zdeněk Brož |
chosen
(encz) | chosen,zvolený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Chosen
(gcide) | Choose \Choose\, v. t. [imp. Chose; p. p. Chosen, Chose
(Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Choosing.] [OE. chesen, cheosen,
AS. ce['o]san; akin to OS. kiosan, D. kiezen, G. kiesen,
Icel. kj[=o]sa, Goth. kiusan, L. gustare to taste, Gr. ?,
Skr. jush to enjoy. [root]46. Cf. Choice, 2d Gust.]
1. To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference
from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose
the least of two evils.
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Choose me for a humble friend. --Pope.
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2. To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloq.]
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The landlady now returned to know if we did not
choose a more genteel apartment. --Goldsmith.
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To choose sides. See under Side.
Syn: Syn. - To select; prefer; elect; adopt; follow.
Usage: To Choose, Prefer, Elect. To choose is the
generic term, and denotes to take or fix upon by an
act of the will, especially in accordance with a
decision of the judgment. To prefer is to choose or
favor one thing as compared with, and more desirable
than, another, or more in accordance with one's tastes
and feelings. To elect is to choose or select for some
office, employment, use, privilege, etc., especially
by the concurrent vote or voice of a sufficient number
of electors. To choose a profession; to prefer private
life to a public one; to elect members of Congress.
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Chosen
(gcide) | Chosen \Cho"sen\, p. p. of Choose.
Selected from a number; picked out; choice.
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Seven hundred chosen men left-handed. --Judg. xx.
16.
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Chosen
(gcide) | Chosen \Cho"sen\, n.
One who, or that which is the object of choice or special
favor.
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chosen
(wn) | chosen
n 1: one who is the object of choice; who is given preference;
"she was Mama's chosen"
2: the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945)
3: an exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have
power inside the government" [syn: chosen, elect] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
chosen
(mass) | chosen
- choose/chose/chosen |
choose/chose/chosen
(msas) | choose/chose/chosen
- choose, chose, chosen |
choose/chose/chosen
(msasasci) | choose/chose/chosen
- choose, chose, chosen |
chosen
(encz) | chosen,choose/chose/chosen v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladchosen,vybrán Zdeněk Brožchosen,zvolený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
chosen people
(encz) | chosen people, n: |
ill-chosen
(encz) | ill-chosen, adj: |
well-chosen
(encz) | well-chosen,dobře zvolený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
choose/chose/chosen
(czen) | choose/chose/chosen,choosev: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladchoose/chose/chosen,chosev: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladchoose/chose/chosen,chosenv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
Forechosen
(gcide) | Forechosen \Fore`cho"sen\, a.
Chosen beforehand.
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Mischosen
(gcide) | Mischoose \Mis*choose"\, v. t. [imp. Mischose; p. p.
Mischosen; p. pr. & vb. n. Mischoosing.]
To choose wrongly. --Milton.
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Unchosen
(gcide) | Unchosen \Unchosen\
See chosen. |
chosen
(wn) | chosen
n 1: one who is the object of choice; who is given preference;
"she was Mama's chosen"
2: the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945)
3: an exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have
power inside the government" [syn: chosen, elect] |
chosen people
(wn) | chosen people
n 1: any people believing themselves to be chosen by God |
ill-chosen
(wn) | ill-chosen
adj 1: not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose
style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing
style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept
than to repeat it now?" [syn: awkward, clumsy,
cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen] |
well-chosen
(wn) | well-chosen
adj 1: well expressed and to the point; "a happy turn of
phrase"; "a few well-chosen words" [syn: happy, {well-
chosen}] |
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