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

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|DAILY BEAST
He 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|DAILY BEAST
Only 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 Lloyd

His 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-Pattison
But 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

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

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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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