Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of choosing; selection.
- noun The power, right, or liberty to choose; option.
- noun An alternative.
- noun One that is chosen.
- noun A number or variety from which to choose.
- noun The right to terminate a pregnancy by induced abortion.
- adjective Of very fine quality.
- adjective Selected with care; well-chosen.
- adjective Of the US Government grade of meat higher than good and lower than prime.
- idiom (of choice) Preferred above others of the same kind or set.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred, or of adopting one course of action in preference to others; selection; election.
- noun The power of choosing; option.
- noun Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference.
- noun The person or thing chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others.
- noun The best part of anything; a select portion or assortment.
- noun A variety of preferable or valuable things.
- noun Synonyms Preference, Election, etc. See
option . - Carefully selected; well chosen: as, a choice epithet.
- Worthy of being preferred; select; notable; precious.
- Careful; frugal; chary; preserving or using with care, as valuable: with of.
- Noble; excellent.
- Synonyms Costly, exquisite, uncommon, rare, excellent.
- Sparing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.
- adjective Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with
of . - adjective Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.
- noun 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.
- noun The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
- noun Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.
- noun A sufficient number to choose among.
- noun The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
- noun The best part; that which is preferable.
- noun to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
option ; adecision ; an opportunity tochoose orselect something. - noun One
selection orpreference ; that which is chosen or decided; theoutcome of adecision . - noun Anything that can be chosen.
- noun The best or most preferable part.
- adjective Especially
good orpreferred . - adjective slang, New Zealand
Cool ;excellent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the person or thing chosen or selected
- adjective appealing to refined taste
- noun the act of choosing or selecting
- adjective of superior grade
- noun one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To give the master a _right_ to sell his servant, would annihilate the servant's right of choice in his own disposal; but says the objector, To give the master a right to _buy_ a servant, equally annihilates the servant's _right of choice_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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To give the master a _right_ to sell his servant, would annihilate the servant's right of choice in his own disposal; but says the objector, To give the master a right to _buy_ a servant, equally annihilates the servant's _right of choice_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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To give the master a _right_ to sell his servant, would annihilate the servant's right of choice in his own disposal; but says the objector, "to give the master a right to _buy_ a servant, equally annihilates the servant's _right of choice_."
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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To give the master a _right_ to sell his servant, would annihilate the servant's right of choice in his own disposal; but says the objector, "to give the master a right to _buy_ a servant, equally annihilates the servant's _right of choice_."
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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Talking about the paradox of choice in software configuration we mustn't forget that configuration is not * choice*!
Planet KDE 2010
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Overall, I feel that making my children's school lunch is a healthier choice, as well as being a more frugal choice*.
Frugal Upstate 2008
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_right_ to sell his servant, would annihilate the servant's right of choice in his own disposal; but says the objector, "to give the master a right to _buy_ a servant, equally annihilates the servant's _right of choice_."
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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_right_ to sell his servant, would annihilate the servant's right of choice in his own disposal; but says the objector, "to give the master a right to _buy_ a servant, equally annihilates the servant's _right of choice_."
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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“Pro-choice and anti-”choice for men” activists differentiate between the choice to not continue a pregnancy and the choice to not pay child support for the same reason the courts allow people to sue for money but not for pounds of flesh.”
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To highlight the point, the following terminological distinction has been suggested: The term choice should be used to encompass the sorting out of options, whether conscious or nonconscious.
THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988
bilby commented on the word choice
British slang - "Adj. The best, excellent. E.g."Your new boyfriend is choice; we get on really well."
- peevish.co.uk
September 12, 2008
lampbane commented on the word choice
Samantha Bee tries to remember the word for that thing where you have two options and you have to decide on one of them...
September 13, 2008
yarb commented on the word choice
...my little journeyman barber laid out his provisions, consisting of five or six onions, with some scraps of bread and cheese; but the best lot in the auction was a little leathern bottle, full, as he said, of choice, delicate wine.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 2 ch. 1
September 13, 2008