"chose" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: choses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French chose, from Latin causa (“cause, reason”). Doublet of cause. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|chose}} Middle French chose, {{lena}}, {{der|en|la|causa||cause, reason}} Latin causa (“cause, reason”), {{doublet|en|cause}} Doublet of cause Head templates: {{en-noun}} chose (plural choses)
  1. (law) A thing; personal property. Categories (topical): Law Derived forms: chose in action, chose in possession, chose local, chose transitory
    Sense id: en-chose-en-noun-WazsHhFx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 30 30 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 24 26 26 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 26 26 25 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /t͡ʃəʊz/ [UK], /t͡ʃoʊz/ [US] Audio: En-us-chose.ogg
enPR: chōz [UK], chōz [US] Rhymes: -əʊz Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} chose
  1. simple past of choose Tags: form-of, past Form of: choose
    Sense id: en-chose-en-verb-Au0sB5tG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 30 30 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 24 26 26 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 26 26 25
  2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of choose Tags: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Form of: choose
    Sense id: en-chose-en-verb-6vb6oFsy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 30 30 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 24 26 26 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 26 26 25
  3. simple past of chuse Tags: form-of, past Form of: chuse
    Sense id: en-chose-en-verb-x1TIpodC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 30 30 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 24 26 26 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 26 26 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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