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
In 2000, George W. Bush gave another pro-choicer, Colin Powell, the slot.
He ran as a moderate—a pro-choicer, for example—and governed pretty much in that mold.
Mitt Romney’s Swiss-Cheese Campaign Places Most of His Life Off Limits | Howard Kurtz | May 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTGood luck naming a libertarian pro-choicer who has been supported by these forces.
In this same year the choicer portion of John Broadleys library was sold, also by Evans.
Prices of Books | Henry B. WheatleyThe choicer portion of the library was sold in August of the same year, thirteen days, 2824 lots, 8822.
Prices of Books | Henry B. Wheatley
The gulls and mews clamored rapturously, and squabbled with gay zest over the choicer prizes of their fishing.
Kings in Exile | Sir Charles George Douglas RobertsIf they seem to pass away, they return laden with still choicer fruit.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews | Thomas Charles EdwardsUnder what choicer surroundings could she get him alone than in the garret?
The White Moll | Frank L. Packard
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.
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