Definitions for choice
tʃɔɪschoice

Princeton's WordNet(2.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. choice, pick, selectionnoun

   the person or thing chosen or selected

   "he was my pick for mayor"

2. choice, selection, option, picknoun

   the act of choosing or selecting

   "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

3. option, alternative, choiceadjective

   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"

4. choice, prime(a), prize, quality, selectadjective

   of superior grade

   "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"

5. choiceadjective

   appealing to refined taste

   "choice wine"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. choicenoun

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

   Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?

2. choicenoun

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

   The ice cream sundae is a popular choice for dessert.

3. choicenoun

   Anything that can be chosen.

4. choicenoun

   The best or most preferable part.

5. choiceadjective

   Especially good or preferred.

   It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there.

6. choiceadjective

   Cool; excellent.

   Choice! I'm going to the movies.

7. Etymology: chois, from chois, from choisir, of origin (possibly via assumed *), from *, from kaus-, from keusanan, from ǵews-. Akin to kiosan, ceosan, kjósa. More at choose.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Choiceadjective

   Etymology: choisi, French.

   1. Select; of extraordinary value.

   After having set before the king the choicest of wines and fruits, told him the best part of his entertainment was to come. Guardian, №. 167.

   Thus in a sea of folly toss’d,
   My choicest hours of life are lost. Jonathan Swift.

   2. Chary; frugal; careful. Used of persons.

   He that is choice of his time, will also be choice of his company, and choice of his actions. Jeremy Taylor, Holy Living.

2. Choicenoun

   Etymology: choix, French.

   1. The act of choosing; determination between different things proposed; election.

   If you oblige me suddenly to chuse,
   The choice is made; for I must both refuse. John Dryden, Ind. Emp.

   Soft elocution doth thy style renown,
   Gentle or sharp, according to thy choice,
   To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. John Dryden, Pers. sat. v.

   2. The power of choosing; election.

   Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take to be so in our power, that we might have refused it. If fire consume the stable, it chooseth not so to do, because the nature thereof is such that it can do no other. Richard Hooker, b. i. s. 7.

   There’s no liberty like the freedom of having it at my own choice, whether I will live to the world, or to myself. Roger L'Estrange.

   To talk of compelling a man to be good, is a contradiction; for where there is force, there can be no choice. Whereas all moral goodness consisteth in the elective act of the understanding will. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmol. b. iii. c. 2. s. 23.

   Whether he will remove his contemplation from one idea to another, is many times in his choice. John Locke.

   3. Care in choosing; curiosity of distinction.

   Julius Cæsar did write a collection of apophthegms: it is pity his book is lost; for I imagine they were collected with judgment and choice. Francis Bacon, Apophthegms.

   4. The thing chosen; the thing taken or approved, in preference to others.

   Your choice is not so rich in birth as beauty:
   That you might well enjoy her. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   Take to thee, from among the cherubim,
   Thy choice of flaming warriors. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. xi.

   Now Mars, she said, let fame exalt her voice;
   Nor let thy conquests only be her choice. Matthew Prior.

   5. The best part of any thing, that is more properly the object of choice.

   The choice and flower of all things profitable in other books, the psalms do both more briefly contain, and more movingly also express. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 37.

   Thou art a mighty prince: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead. Gen. xxiii. 6.

   Their riders, the flow’r and choice
   Of many provinces, from bound to bound. John Milton, Par. Reg.

   6. Several things proposed at once, as objects of judgment and election.

   A braver choice of dauntless spirits,
   Did never float upon the swelling tide. William Shakespeare, K. John.

   7. To make Choice of. To choose; to take from several things proposed.

   Wisdom, of what herself approves, makes choice,
   Nor is led captive by the common voice. John Denham.

Wikipedia(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Choice

   Choice involves decision making. It can include judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one or more of them. One can make a choice between imagined options or between real options followed by the corresponding action. For example, a traveler might choose a route for a journey based on the preference of arriving at a given destination as soon as possible. The preferred (and therefore chosen) route can then follow from information such as the length of each of the possible routes, traffic conditions, etc. The arrival at a choice can include more complex motivators such as cognition, instinct, and feeling. Simple choices might include what to eat for dinner or what to wear on a Saturday morning – choices that have relatively low-impact on the chooser's life overall. More complex choices might involve (for example) what candidate to vote for in an election, what profession to pursue, a life partner, etc. – choices based on multiple influences and having larger ramifications. Freedom of choice is generally cherished, whereas a severely limited or artificially restricted choice can lead to discomfort with choosing, and possibly an unsatisfactory outcome. In contrast, a choice with excessively numerous options may lead to confusion, reduced satisfaction, regret of the alternatives not taken, and indifference in an unstructured existence; and the illusion that choosing an object or a course, necessarily leads to the control of that object or course, can cause psychological problems.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Choicenoun

   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. Choicenoun

   the power or opportunity of choosing; option

3. Choicenoun

   care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination

4. Choicenoun

   a sufficient number to choose among

5. Choicenoun

   the thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection

6. Choicenoun

   the best part; that which is preferable

7. Choice

   worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable

8. Choice

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

9. Choice

   selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen

Freebase(3.67 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Choice

   Choice consists of the mental process of judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one or more of them. While a choice can be made between imagined options, often a choice is made between real options and followed by the corresponding action. For example, a route for a journey is chosen based on the preference of arriving at a given destination as soon as possible. The preferred route is then derived from information about how long each of the possible routes take. This can be done by a route planner. If the preference is more complex, such as involving the scenery of the route, cognition and feeling are more intertwined, and the choice is less easy to delegate to a computer program or assistant. More complex examples include choosing a lifestyle, religious affiliation, or political position. Most people regard having choices as a good thing, though a severely limited or artificially restricted choice can lead to discomfort with choosing and possibly, an unsatisfactory outcome. In contrast, a choice with excessively numerous options may lead to confusion, regret of the alternatives not taken, and indifference in an unstructured existence; and the illusion that choosing an object or a course leads necessarily to control of that object or course can cause psychological problems.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Choice

   chois, n. act or power of choosing: the thing chosen: alternative: preference: the preferable or best part.—adj. worthy of being chosen: select: appropriate.—adjs. Choice′-drawn (Shak.), selected with care; Choice′ful (Spens.), making many choices, fickle.—adv. Choice′ly, with discrimination or care.—n. Choice′ness, particular value: excellence: nicety.—Hobson's choice, the alternative of a thing offered or nothing, from Hobson, a Cambridge carrier and innkeeper, who insisted on lending out the horse nearest the stable door, or none at all.—Make choice of, to select; Take one's choice, to take what one wishes. [Fr. choix—choisir; cf. Choose.]

Editors Contribution(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. choice

   An option to choose.

   They knew they madd the right choice to marry each other as they both knew it was for life.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 24, 2020  

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Matched Categories

1. • Action
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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'choice' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #820

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'choice' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1036

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'choice' in Nouns Frequency: #308

Anagrams for choice »

1. echoic

How to pronounce choice?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say choice in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of choice in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of choice in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of choice in a Sentence

1. Marc Siegel:

   Whether you want to decrease your risk of ending up in a hospital, that's a personal choice. I, as a health practitioner, certainly hope you make the right choice because I don't want to have, you know, the hospital flooded, but I have the hospital flooded with smokers who are getting lung cancer and I take care of them, i don't shame them.

2. Bryan King:

   This study looked only at one developmental outcome and there is no control group that would enable us to capture all of the potential harm that might have been prevented with the choice to treat depression, it is important that women have full discussions with their health care providers about the complex interplay of risks and benefits associated with depression treatment.

3. Monica Kelsey:

   These babies — they're( already) born, this isn't a pro-life or pro-choice issue that we're working with.

4. Eva Pils:

   The odds are stacked so much against them that they have no choice left but to go to the public.

5. Soman Rai:

   What we believe is that everybody has the right to information, that is our fundamental right, if some pro-choice groups, or pro-abortion groups say that abortion is safe, it's a normal procedure, it's not harmful to any women... it is not accurate information.

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