picked; selected / elected

The quality of being chosen.

(historical) Alternative form of Joseon

(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of choose

past participle of choose up

(religion) A group who is has a special status and relationship to God.

(authorship, informal) A character in a narrative work who is predestined to save the world or do some other grand and heroic accomplishment; one who is predestined to become the one

(aviation) An airline selected by government to represent the country.

plural of chosen instrument

(cryptography) An attack on a cryptosystem that relies on the attacker's ability to choose any plaintext of their liking and encrypt it into the corresponding ciphertext with that system and key. More powerful than a known-plaintext attack but less powerful than a chosen-ciphertext attack.