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choice¹
- /tʃɔɪs/
- [t͡ʃoɪ̯s] Australia, British, New Zealand
- [t͡ʃɒɪ̯s] Ireland
- /t͡ʃäɪ̯s/
- [t͡ʃɔːɪ̯s] India, North
- [t͡ʃɒːɪ̯s] India, South
- [t͡ʃäːɪ̯s] India, South
Rhymes with -ɔɪs
Where it comes from
From Middle English chois, from Old French chois (“choice”), from choisir (“to choose, perceive”), possibly via assumed Vulgar Latin *causīre (“to choose”), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan, “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną, from *keusaną (“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose”). Akin to Old High German kiosan (“to choose”), Old English ċēosan (“to choose”), Old Norse kjósa (“to choose”). More at choose.
noun choices · choise · choyse
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An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?
Similar: conclusion, opinion, verdict, call, award, censure, choice, decision, deduction, determination, ergotism, illation
- The power to choose. She didn't leave us much choice.
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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.
Similar: option, possibility, choice, alternative, contingency
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Anything that can be chosen.
You have three choices: vanilla, strawberry or chocolate.
Similar: assortment, range, selection
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The best or most preferable part.
The flower and choice / Of many provinces from bound to bound.
Similar: the cream
- Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness. I imagine they [the apothegms of Caesar] were collected with judgment and choice.
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A sufficient number to choose among.
And, which is more, she is not so divine, / So full replete with choice of all delights
Similar: abundance, profusion, choice, cornucopia, gold mine, horn of Amalthea, horn of plenty, plethora, treasure trove, wealth
- Ellipsis of axiom of choice 5. ZF* is the theory obtained from the aforementioned axiomatics (without choice) by adding the Axiom of Inaccessible Cardinals to be explained in the next secion; similarly, we get ZFC*.
choice²
- /tʃɔɪs/
- [t͡ʃoɪ̯s] Australia, British, New Zealand
- [t͡ʃɒɪ̯s] Ireland
- /t͡ʃäɪ̯s/
- [t͡ʃɔːɪ̯s] India, North
- [t͡ʃɒːɪ̯s] India, South
- [t͡ʃäːɪ̯s] India, South
Rhymes with -ɔɪs
Where it comes from
From Middle English choys, from a merger of the noun above and Middle English chyse, chuse, chys, chis (“choice, excellent”), from Old English ċīes (“choice; dainty; nice”), related to Old English ċēosan (“to choose”).
adjective choicer · more choice · choicest · most choice · choise · choyse
- Especially good or preferred. It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there.
- Careful in choosing; discriminating. that such iron moulds as these shall have autority to knaw out the choicest periods of exquisitest books, and to commit such a treacherous fraud against the orphan remainders of worthiest men after death, the more sorrow will belong to that haples race of men, whose misfortune it is to have understa
interjection choise · choyse
- Cool; excellent. "I'm going to the movies." —"Choice!"
Choice³
proper noun
- A surname.
CHOICE⁴
noun CHOICEs
- Acronym of Custom Health Option and Individual Care Expense This provision permits employees enrolled in a CHOICE arrangement to use a salary reduction to pay for health plan premiums purchased through an Exchange.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: option, selection, select, alternative, prime, quality, superior, fine, tasteful, prize, pick, choosing, opt, choose, selectivity, selector
Translations
Every language
noun option or decision
| Español | selección, decisión, opción, escogimiento, escogencia, escogida |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 선택 seontaek |
| 日本語 | 選択 sentaku |
| 中文 | 選擇 /选择 xuǎnzé |
| हिन्दी | चुनाव cunāv, विकल्प vikalp |
| Kiswahili | chaguo |
| Português | escolha |
| Français | choix |
| Deutsch | Wahl |
| Italiano | scelta |
| Ελληνικά | επιλογή epilogí |
| Română | alegere |
| Русский | вы́бор výbor |
| Tiếng Việt | sự quyết định |
| العربية | اِخْتِيَار iḵtiyār, خِيَار ḵiyār |
| עברית | ברירה \ בְּרֵרָה brera |
noun selection or preference
| Español | elección, selección, escogimiento, escogencia, escogida, escogitación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 선택 seontaek |
| 日本語 | 選択 sentaku |
| 中文 | 選擇 /选择 xuǎnzé |
| हिन्दी | चयन cayan |
| Português | escolha |
| Français | choix |
| Deutsch | Wahl |
| Italiano | scelta |
| Ελληνικά | επιλογή epilogí, εκλογή eklogí |
| Русский | вы́бор výbor |
| עברית | בְּחִירָה b'khirá |
noun anything that can be chosen
| Español | opción |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 선택 seontaek, 선택지 seontaekji |
| 日本語 | 選択肢 sentakushi |
| 中文 | 選項 /选项 xuǎnxiàng |
| हिन्दी | विकल्प vikalp, चयन cayan |
| Português | escolha |
| Français | choix |
| Deutsch | Auswahl |
| Ελληνικά | επιλογή epilogí |
| Русский | вы́бор výbor |
noun definite: best or most preferable part
| 日本語 | 最適な saiteki na |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 上等的 shàngděng de |
| Français | morceau de choix |
| Italiano | ottimo, ottima |
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title = {choice},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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