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Choice - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Choice : adj
1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize
carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: prime(a),
prize, quality, select]
2: appealing to refined taste; "choice wine"
(noun)
1: the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for
mayor" [syn: pick, selection]
2: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was
unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: selection,
option, pick]
3: one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen;
"what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative";
"my only choice is to refuse" [syn: option, alternative]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Choice : \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: Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare;
chary; careful/
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Choice : \Choice\ (chois), n. [OE. chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr.
choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to
examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G. kiesen. [root]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 C[ae]sar] 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: Syn. - See Volition, Option.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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CHOICE. Preference either of a person or thing, to one of several other
persons or things. Election. (q.v.)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Choice |
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