choice

[ chois ]

/ tʃɔɪs /

See synonyms for: choice / choicest / choices / choiceness on Thesaurus.com

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.

SYNONYMS FOR choice

9 select, rare, uncommon, valuable, precious.

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Idioms for 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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Example sentences from the Web for choice

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
This is particularly so when the lives saved are those of the choicest spirits, and among the most highly trained.
The Romance of War Inventions|Thomas W. Corbin
The first in the field stood the best chance to win the choicest prizes.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania |Jewett Castello Gilson
Its scented binding and odorous pages form the choicest of his meals.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851|Various

The Dutch chests were often of pine, painted, only the choicest ones being of walnut.
The Old Furniture Book|N. Hudson Moore
The choicest goods wear the best; and whatever woman can do, Meta Rivers can.
The Daisy Chain|Charlotte Yonge

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

Idioms and Phrases with choice

choice

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

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