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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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