choice

[choice]

When you come to a fork in the road, you have to make a choice. If you can't decide, maybe you should flip a coin.

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Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.

Noun
the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

Noun
the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"

Noun
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"

Adjective S.
of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"

Adjective S.
appealing to refined taste; "choice wine"

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n.
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.

n.
The power or opportunity of choosing; option.

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

n.
A sufficient number to choose among.

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

n.
The best part; that which is preferable.

superl.
Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.

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

superl.
Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.


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.
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.
Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare; chary; careful/

Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.

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Usage Examples

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.

A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic.

Although our inattention can contribute to our lack of total well-being, we also have the power to choose positive behaviors and responses. In that choice we change our every experience of life!

A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind.

Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny democracy, not dictatorship the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

All of us should have free choice when it comes to patriotic displays... a government wisely acting within its bounds will earn loyalty and respect from its citizens. A government dare not demand the same.

Although my seat is a contest between Labour and the Lib Dems, it could well make the difference between a Labour and a Tory government at the next election. In terms of international development, this choice is a very clear one.

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.

A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them.

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