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Meaning of choice in English

choice
noun
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/tʃɔɪs/ us
/tʃɔɪs/

choice noun (ACT)

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B1 [ C or U ]
an act or the possibility of choosing:
If the product doesn't work, you are given the choice of a refund or a replacement.
make a choice It's a difficult choice to make.
It's your choice/The choice is yours (= only you can decide).
choice between It was a choice between pain now or pain later, so I chose pain later.
informed choice Now you know all the facts, you can make an informed choice.
not have much choice I'd prefer not to work, but I don't have much choice (= this is not possible).
have no choice but to He had no choice but to accept (= he had to accept).
by choice I live alone by choice.
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choice noun (VARIETY)

B1 [ S or U ]
the range of different things from which you can choose:
There wasn't much choice on the menu.
wide choice The evening menu offers a wide choice of dishes.
The dress is available in a choice of colours.
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be spoilt for choice UK
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choice noun (PERSON/THING)

B1 [ C ]
a person or thing that has been chosen or that can be chosen:
first choice Harvard was not his first choice.
choice as He wouldn't be my choice as a friend.
choice for This type of day care may in fact be the best choice for your child.
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Idiom

of choice
choice
adjective
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of high quality:
I had the the most expensive dish on the menu - a choice fillet of fish.
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(Definition of choice from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

choice | American Dictionary

choice
noun
us
/tʃɔɪs/

choice noun (ACT)

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[ C/U ]
an act of choosing; a decision:
[ C ] a difficult/easy choice
[ C ] When you’re trying to cut the budget deficit, you’ve got to make tough choices.

choice noun (POSSIBILITY)

[ C/U ]
the right to choose, or the possibility of choosing:
[ C ] Well, I still think people have a choice.
[ C ] Given a choice, what would you do?
[ C ] I asked if I could have a choice which science course to take.
[ U ] We have no choice but to drive to the airport (= That is the only thing we can do).

choice noun (VARIETY)

[ C ]
a range of different things you can choose:
[ C ] A wide choice of colors is available in this size.

choice noun (PERSON/THING)

[ C ]
a person or thing that has been chosen or that can be chosen:
She would be my first choice for the job.
choice
adjective [ -er/-est only ]
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choice adjective [-er/-est only] (EXCELLENT)

of high quality:
a choice cut of meat
(Definition of choice from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

choice | Business English

choice
noun [ S or U ]
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/tʃɔɪs/ us
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a range of different things that are available to choose from:
a choice of sb/sth Finding the best bank account takes patience - there is a choice of more than 60.
a choice between sth and sth When employees have a choice between taking a pay cut or working more, they'd rather work more.
no choice but to do sth Many high-risk borrowers had no choice but to accept higher interest rates.
They offer only a limited choice of products.
a wide/extensive/greater choice
of choice (for sb/sth)
most popular or most commonly chosen for a particular purpose:
Freelancing has become the career of choice for many people.
of your choice
chosen by you:
You may sell your shares through a broker of your choice.
choice
adjective
uk
/tʃɔɪs/ us
very good in quality, and worth having:
They bought a choice piece of real estate in the heart of the city.
(Definition of choice from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of choice

choice
It will be useful to have an explicit choice for this.
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At each crossing point there is more than one choice.
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This choice makes proofs of our results much simpler.
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Let us see now where we shall find ourselves when we understand a collective as a sequence of free choice.
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Next, the parallel choice-points are split between the two agents.
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Their choices, we argue, result from an 38.
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This example indicates the way the choice occurs as to which of the possible ideas is to be given up.
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Then, a food reward was given after the next correct choice.
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But the evidence of surveys suggests that employees frequently do not exercise much choice at all over their health plans.
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Each of the three players is now free to believe that the other two players are correlating their strategy choices.
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Note also that the players hold correct beliefs about their own choices throughout.
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The environment passes control to an ordinary text-editor of the user's choice, post-processing the resulting file.
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The precursor to having one's integrity protected (embodied by the requirement of one's consent) is the capacity to exercise will, make choices, and communicate desires.
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Actual choices are relevant not to the idea of the right but rather to its direction of exercise with respect to the protected domain.
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After 25 unrewarded choices, the training situation was shown and a correct choice of the triangle was rewarded.
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Collocations with choice

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aesthetic choice
Is it simply an aesthetic choice?
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axiom of choice
It is well-known that the axiom of choice is equivalent to stating that every surjective function has a right-inverse.
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best choice
Nonetheless, this is not always the best choice.
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Translations of choice

in Chinese (Traditional)
行為, 選擇，挑選, 抉擇…
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行为, 选择，挑选, 抉择…
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in Spanish
posibilidad de elegir, selección, elección…
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in Portuguese
escolha, opção, variedade…
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एखादी कृती किंवा निवडण्याची शक्यता, वेगवेगळ्या गोष्टींची श्रेणी ज्यातून आपण निवडू शकता, एखादी व्यक्ती किंवा वस्तू जी निवडली गेली आहे किंवा जी निवडली जाऊ शकते…
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選択の余地, 選択, 選択の種類…
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seçme, belirleme, seçim…
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choix [masculine], variété [feminine], choix…
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possibilitat d’escollir, elecció, selecció…
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keuze, keus…
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ஒரு செயல் அல்லது தேர்ந்தெடுக்கும் வாய்ப்பு, நீங்கள் தேர்வுசெய்யக்கூடிய வெவ்வேறு விஷயங்களின் வரம்பு, ஒரு நபர் அல்லது தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்ட அல்லது தேர்வு செய்யக்கூடிய விஷயம்…
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चुनाव या चयन की क्रिया या संभावना, (अनेक भिन्न चीज़ों में से कुछ) चुनना, विकल्प या पसंद…
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પસંદગી કરવી, પસંદગી…
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valg…
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val…
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memilih, pilihan…
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die Wahl…
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valg [neuter], valgmulighet [masculine], utvalg [neuter]…
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انتخاب, پسند, متبادل…
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вибір…
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выбор, ассортимент, отборный…
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ఎంచుకునే చర్య లేక అవకాశం, ఎంపిక, మీరు ఎంచుకోగలిగే రకరకాల విషయాల శ్రేణి…
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خَيار, اخْتِيار…
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পছন্দ, বেছে নেবার সুবিধা, বিকল্প…
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volba, na výběr…
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pilihan…
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การเลือก, สิ่งที่ถูกเลือก…
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quyền lựa chọn, sự lựa chọn…
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wybór, wyborowy…
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선택, 결정, 종류…
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scelta, assortimento, preferenza…
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