choice

[ chois ]

/ tʃɔɪs /

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noun

an act or instance of choosing; selection: Her choice of a computer was made after months of research. His parents were not happy with his choice of friends.

the right, power, or opportunity to choose; option: The child had no choice about going to school.

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.

adjective, choic·er, choic·est.

worthy of being chosen; excellent; superior.

carefully selected: choice words.

(in the grading of beef in the U.S.) rated between prime and good.

OTHER WORDS FOR choice

9 select, rare, uncommon, valuable, precious.

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Idioms about choice

of choice, that is generally preferred: A detached house is still the home of choice.

Origin of choice

1250–1300; Middle English chois<Old French, derivative of choisir to perceive, choose <Germanic; see choose

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2. Choice, alternative, option, preference all suggest the power of choosing between things. Choice implies the opportunity to choose: a choice of evils. Alternative suggests that one has a choice between only two possibilities. It is often used with a negative to mean that there is no second possibility: to have no alternative. Option emphasizes free right or privilege of choosing: to exercise one's option. Preference applies to a choice based on liking or partiality: to state a preference. 9. See fine¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM choice

choiceless, adjectivechoicely, adverbchoiceness, nounpre·choice, noun

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How to use choice in a sentence

If you’re a good talker, you can go out canvassing for a politician you believe will make the right choices on climate.
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She also said the school made the wrong choice to cancel the class as it did.
When a Calculus Class Abruptly Became Ceramics at Lincoln High|Scott Lewis|September 16, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Asking individual customers how they feel about various messaging options can give you a goldmine of useful data to help inform the language and design choices you make.
How to drive digital innovation necessary during the pandemic|Nick Chasinov|September 16, 2020|Search Engine Watch
A survey by SocialBeta showed that 32% of WeChat users use it as their prime search engine of choice, and 46% use it as a general search tool.
Are search engines dead in China?|Ada Luo|September 14, 2020|Search Engine Watch

This pack of 15 fine pens is an awesome choice for people who want the option to erase their work.
Add some verve to your life with these colorful pens|PopSci Commerce Team|September 11, 2020|Popular-Science
It is freedom, and accountable both legally and socially to the free choices of others around them.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nothing will work sensibly, or fairly, until human responsibility is restored as the activating force for all public choices.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Just wanted to place it in the context of slates needing picture choices that throw off revenue to make the numbers work.
Inside Sony’s ‘Pineapple Express 2 Drama’: Leaked Emails Reveal Fight Over Stoner Comedy Sequel|William Boot|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are plenty of tragic and inspiring choices, but the most obvious legacy Castro will leave behind is the broken family.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But these choices are where Iron from Ice (and other Telltale properties) sets itself apart.
‘Game of Thrones’ Interactive FanFiction: Whoops, My Friend Was Speared in the Throat|Alec Kubas-Meyer|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And death or the Penal Cluster were their only choices if they were discovered.
The Penal Cluster|Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)
The plan itself is the record of the choices made in the outlay of that amount of income.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping|Elizabeth Hale Gilman
Adoption of Islam, emigration or death were the choices held out to the infidel.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik
Back of these best possible choices must lie the highest ideals and the courage to demand the fulfilment of these ideals.
The American Country Girl|Martha Foote Crow
Only on this basis does power over other men permit the free choices on their part which are essential to full moral life.
The Ethics of Coperation|James Hayden Tufts

British Dictionary definitions for choice

choice

/ (tʃɔɪs) /

noun

the act or an instance of choosing or selecting

the opportunity or power of choosing

a person or thing chosen or that may be chosenhe was a possible choice

an alternative action or possibilitywhat choice did I have?

a supply from which to selecta poor choice of shoes

of choice preferred; favourite

adjective

of superior quality; excellentchoice wine

carefully chosen, appropriatea few choice words will do the trick

vulgar or rudechoice language

Derived forms of choice

choicely, adverbchoiceness, noun

Word Origin for choice

C13: from Old French chois, from choisir to choose

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

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choice

see by choice; Hobson's choice; of choice; pays your money and takes your choice. Also see under choose.

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