choice
the person or thing chosen or eligible to be chosen: This book is my choice.He is one of many choices for the award.
an alternative: There is another choice.
an abundance or variety from which to choose: a wide choice of candidates.
something that is preferred or preferable to others; the best part of something: Mare's Nest is the choice in the sixth race.
a carefully selected supply: This restaurant has a fine choice of wines.
a choice grade of beef.
worthy of being chosen; excellent; superior.
carefully selected: choice words.
(in the grading of beef in the U.S.) rated between prime and good.
Idioms about choice
of choice, that is generally preferred: A detached house is still the home of choice.
Origin of choice
1synonym study For choice
Other words for choice
Other words from choice
- choiceless, adjective
- choicely, adverb
- choiceness, noun
- pre·choice, noun
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How to use choice in a sentence
Still another teased out the choicest bits from a new e-book Spitzer just published on how to police Wall Street.
New York Post Looks Thinner After News Corporation Split | David Freedlander | July 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe ate only the choicest foods and loved the fatty cut of tuna known as toro.
The Way to Understand Kim Jong-il Was Through His Stomach | Barbara Demick | December 19, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTOnly the choicest tobacco is used with the hookah and nargeeleh; it is grown in Persia.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Over the mantel in our parlor we have a picture of the lion's den, and it is one of the choicest of our family treasures.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydHis table is well supplied from the choicest his larder affords and he cheerfully welcomes all to its side.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
The new corps was composed of the choicest troops, and formed the nucleus of the Imperial Guard.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonBut if the choicest work of Divinity is imperfect, by what are we to judge of the Divine perfections?
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean Meslier
British Dictionary definitions for choice
/ (tʃɔɪs) /
the act or an instance of choosing or selecting
the opportunity or power of choosing
a person or thing chosen or that may be chosen: he was a possible choice
an alternative action or possibility: what choice did I have?
a supply from which to select: a poor choice of shoes
of choice preferred; favourite
of superior quality; excellent: choice wine
carefully chosen, appropriate: a few choice words will do the trick
vulgar or rude: choice language
Origin of choice
1Derived forms of choice
- choicely, adverb
- choiceness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with choice
see by choice; Hobson's choice; of choice; pays your money and takes your choice. Also see under choose.
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