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Why Is It So Hard To Make A Choice?
Ah, so you chose to view this video. But, what other kinds of choices led you here?
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OTHER WORDS FROM choice
choiceless, adjectivechoicely, adverbchoiceness, nounpre·choice, nounWords nearby choice
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What is a basic definition of choice?
A choice is an act of choosing something from multiple options or is one of the options you can choose from. Choice also describes something as being carefully selected. Choice has several other senses as a noun and an adjective.
When a person makes a choice, they consider different options and select one of them. For example, you might look at different colors of paint for your bedroom and decide that you want red paint. Your choice of paint was red. When making a choice, the options can be physical things, like food to eat, or nonphysical things, like which direction to drive or what to name a baby. Choice comes from the verb choose, which means to select something from different options.
- Real-life examples: Life is full of choices, ranging from what to eat for breakfast to what kind of job you want to have. Sadly, many people regret the choices they have made in life. We often face really tough choices where we don’t want to pick any of the options available.
- Used in a sentence: She was really happy with her choice of becoming a Hollywood actress.
Choice also refers to a person or thing that is one of the possibilities a person can choose from.
- Used in a sentence: I’m pretty sure going into the woods at night was the wrong choice.
Choice also describes something as being carefully chosen.
- Used in a sentence: We narrowed down the menu to a few choice dishes.
Where does choice come from?
The first records of choice come from around 1250. It ultimately comes from the Old French choisir, meaning “to choose.”
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What are some other forms related to choice?
- choiceless (adjective)
- choicely (adverb)
- choiceness (noun)
- prechoice (noun)
What are some synonyms for choice?
What are some words that share a root or word element with choice?
What are some words that often get used in discussing choice?
How is choice used in real life?
Choice is a very common word that means an act of picking something or an option that a person can choose.
My choice of music will tell you more about me than I ever will.
— Eric Alper 🎧 (@ThatEricAlper) November 29, 2020
The 7-11 candy aisle gives me anxiety, too many choices.
— Sean O'Donnell (@TheSeanODonnell) January 11, 2016
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True or False?
A yes-or-no question has two choices for the answer.
How to use choice in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for choice
Derived forms of choice
choicely, adverbchoiceness, nounWord Origin for choice
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.