choice
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.
worthy of being chosen; excellent; superior.
carefully selected: choice words.
(in the grading of beef in the U.S.) rated between prime and good.
Idioms about choice
of choice, that is generally preferred: A detached house is still the home of choice.
Origin of choice
1synonym study For choice
Other words for choice
Other words from choice
- choiceless, adjective
- choicely, adverb
- choiceness, noun
- pre·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.
Want to fight climate change effectively? Here’s where to donate your money. | Sigal Samuel | September 17, 2020 | VoxShe 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 DiegoAsking 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 WatchA 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.
This pack of 15 fine pens is an awesome choice for people who want the option to erase their work.
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It is freedom, and accountable both legally and socially to the free choices of others around them.
Nothing will work sensibly, or fairly, until human responsibility is restored as the activating force for all public choices.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTThere 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 | THE DAILY BEASTBut 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 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd 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 GilmanAdoption of Islam, emigration or death were the choices held out to the infidel.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy | Isaac HusikBack 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 CrowOnly 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
/ (tʃɔɪs) /
the act or an instance of choosing or selecting
the opportunity or power of choosing
a person or thing chosen or that may be chosen: he was a possible choice
an alternative action or possibility: what choice did I have?
a supply from which to select: a poor choice of shoes
of choice preferred; favourite
of superior quality; excellent: choice wine
carefully chosen, appropriate: a few choice words will do the trick
vulgar or rude: choice language
Origin of choice
1Derived forms of choice
- choicely, adverb
- choiceness, noun
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
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.
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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