CHOICE

choice, prime, prize, quality, select

(adjective) of superior grade; “choice wines”; “prime beef”; “prize carnations”; “quality paper”; “select peaches”

choice

(adjective) appealing to refined taste; “choice wine”

choice, selection, option, pick

(noun) the act of choosing or selecting; “your choice of colors was unfortunate”; “you can take your pick”

choice, pick, selection

(noun) the person or thing chosen or selected; “he was my pick for mayor”

option, alternative, choice

(noun) one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; “what option did I have?”; “there is no other alternative”; “my only choice is to refuse”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Choice

A surname.

Anagrams

• echoic

Etymology

Noun

choice (countable and uncountable, plural choices)

An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.

(uncountable) The power to choose.

One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.

Anything that can be chosen.

(usually, with the) The best or most preferable part.

(obsolete) Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.

(obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.

Synonyms

• (selection or preference): option, possibility; see also option

• (anything that can be chosen): assortment, range, selection

• (definite: best or most preferable part): the cream

• (sufficient number to choose among): abundance, profusion; see also cornucopia

Adjective

choice (comparative choicer or more choice, superlative choicest or most choice)

Especially good or preferred.

(slang, New Zealand) Cool; excellent.

(obsolete) Careful in choosing; discriminating.

Synonyms

• (especially good or preferred): prime, prize, quality, select, choicy

Anagrams

• echoic

Source: Wiktionary


Choice, n. Etym: [OE. chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr. choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G. kiesen. *46. Cf. Choose.]

1. Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.

2. The power or opportunity of choosing; option. Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it. Hooker.

3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination. I imagine they [the apothegms of Cæsar] were collected with judgment and choice. Bacon.

4. A sufficient number to choose among. Shak.

5. The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection. The common wealth is sick of their own choice. Shak.

6. The best part; that which is preferable. The flower and choice Of many provinces from bound to bound. Milton. To make a choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference.

Syn. - See Volition, Option.

Choice, a. [Compar. Choicer; superl. Choicest.]

1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable. My choicest hours of life are lost. Swift.

2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.

3. Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen. Choice word measured phrase. Wordsworth.

Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare; chary; careful/

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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