choice

noun

\ ˈchȯis

Definition of choice

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : the act of choosing : selection finding it hard to make a choice

2 : power of choosing : option you have no choice

3a : the best part : cream Of the cavalry the king's own was the choice.

b : a person or thing chosen she was their first choice

4 : a number and variety to choose among a plan with a wide choice of options

5 : care in selecting

6 : a grade of meat between prime and good

of choice

: to be preferred

choice

adjective

choicer; choicest

Definition of choice (Entry 2 of 2)

1 : worthy of being chosen accepting the choicest candidates

2 : selected with care prepared his report with choice words

3a : of high quality served choice wine with the dinner

b : of a grade between prime and good choice meat

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Noun

choice, option, alternative, preference, selection, election mean the act or opportunity of choosing or the thing chosen. choice suggests the opportunity or privilege of choosing freely. freedom of choice option implies a power to choose that is specifically granted or guaranteed. the option of paying now or later alternative implies a need to choose one and reject another possibility. equally attractive alternatives preference suggests a choice guided by one's judgment or predilections. a preference for cool weather selection implies a range of choice. a varied selection of furniture election implies an end or purpose which requires exercise of judgment. doing a tax return forces certain elections on you

Adjective

choice, exquisite, elegant, rare, delicate, dainty mean having qualities that appeal to a cultivated taste. choice stresses preeminence in quality or kind. choice fabric exquisite implies a perfection in workmanship or design that appeals only to very sensitive taste. an exquisite gold bracelet elegant applies to what is rich and luxurious but restrained by good taste. a sumptuous but elegant dining room rare suggests an uncommon excellence. rare beauty delicate implies exquisiteness, subtlety, and fragility. delicate craftsmanship dainty sometimes carries an additional suggestion of smallness and of appeal to the eye or palate. dainty sandwiches

Examples of choice in a Sentence

Noun

He has some important choices to make. You made a good choice. She was faced with a difficult choice. You can either accept the job or not. It's your choice. I read about the various options so that I could make an informed choice. Given the choice, I'd rather stay home tonight. A flexible health insurance plan gives patients more choice about doctors and coverage. There is a wide range of choices. Other choices on the menu looked equally tempting.

Adjective

Choice beef is not as expensive as prime beef. choice chocolates for which chocolate lovers are willing to pay extra

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Much of the focus the past few months has been on the early progress of top overall draft choice Adley Rutschman, who worked his way up to Delmarva over a short period and might show up in Bowie sometime next season. — Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, "Schmuck: Multiple minor league playoff runs prove Orioles farm system has turned a corner," 15 Sep. 2019 Raising rents to market rates not only improves the quality of the community, but protects it from re-development and ensures that safe, affordable housing choices are available to more families. — Washington Post, "Precarious spot for mobile home owners as investors swoop in," 15 Sep. 2019 Just this week, Jacobs broke some hilarious news on The Dan Patrick Show about Saban’s colorful choice of jokes. — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, "Alabama doesn’t need to run the ball anymore," 15 Sep. 2019 Faced with that choice, Labour would likely hit the nuclear button and seek to bring down Johnson in a vote of no-confidence, and replace him with a new, temporary government with the single purpose of securing a Brexit extension. — Luke Mcgee, CNN, "Boris Johnson is trapped in a Brexit prison he helped build," 14 Sep. 2019 But a string of injuries to Javier Baez, Addison Russell and Triple-A shortstop Dixon Machado gave team President Theo Epstein little choice. — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, "Nico Hoerner adds to the ‘greatest week of my life’ with a 3-run homer in the Cubs’ rout of the Pirates," 14 Sep. 2019 The mayor only has a few choices when the council passes an ordinance. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Why Faulconer laid low on San Diego’s gun storage law," 13 Sep. 2019 Mark, who took Bill’s last name when they were married in 2009, made a conscious choice in doing so. — Greg Burnett, cleveland.com, "Theatre in the Circle launches fall season with songs of Kander and Ebb in 'The World Goes 'Round’," 13 Sep. 2019 That said, my choice can’t—and shouldn’t—be everyone’s, and a New York City fur ban is both misguided and hypocritical. — Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR, "Should Fur Be Illegal?," 13 Sep. 2019

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective

But picking winners and landing the choicest assignments is never easy. — Liz Hoffman, WSJ, "Morgan Stanley Banker Is Also an Uber Driver," 18 Oct. 2018 Commercial art galleries don’t typically present their choicest exhibition offerings in summer. — Charles Desmarais, SFChronicle.com, "Summer exhibition at Hosfelt Gallery a monstrous affair," 6 July 2018 In each chapter, Prose curates her curation, telling us not only which books and authors to look at, but where in each of them to look for the choicest, most telling views. — Meredith Maran, The Christian Science Monitor, "'What to Read and Why' shares a personal love of authors and titles," 5 July 2018 To boot, it was fitted with one of nu-metal's choicest choruses, plus riffs that absolutely kicked your ass every time out. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, "The 98 Greatest Songs of 1998: Critics' Picks," 29 May 2018 Microsoft now believes strongly in recurring subscriptions that can be budgeted in, and will likely reserve its choicest features for the O365 subscribers. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Microsoft will stop developing OneNote 2016 in favor of the Windows 10 OneNote app," 18 Apr. 2018 More than 50 breweries will offer up their choicest creations at the Brewmaster’s Invitational Beer Fest. — Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Scares to mares: Big weekend in Central Florida," 5 Apr. 2018 Front Range is working with several varieties of Frinj’s coffee, and can thus begin to build a database of the choicest coffee plants for future use. — Matt Simon, WIRED, "How Cannabis Tech Can Help Build a Better Cup of Coffee," 27 Mar. 2018 Among the choicest loans is a collection of works on silk by Jeong Seon, an 18th-century artist who revolutionized Korean painting by depicting real local landscapes, rather than Chinese vistas or idealized visions. — Jason Farago, New York Times, "Review: When a Landscape (and Memory) Is All You Have," 8 Feb. 2018

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