Choice
Choice (chois) , noun
[Old English chois, Old French chois, French choix, from choisir to choose; of German origin; compare Gothic kausjan to examine, kiusan to choose, examine, German kiesen. r46. Compare Choose.]
1.
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.
2.
The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it.
3.
Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.
I imagine they [the apothegms of Casar] were collected with judgment and choice.
4.
A sufficient number to choose among. — Shakespeare
5.
The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
The common wealth is sick of their own choice.
6.
The best part; that which is preferable.
The flower and choice
Of many provinces from bound to bound.
Collocations (1)
To make a choice of , to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference.
Choice , adjective
1.
Worthy 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.