Choice
Pronunciation
- IPA: /tʃɔɪs/
- Rhymes: -ɔɪs
Origin
Middle English chois, from Old French chois ("choice"), from choisir ("to choose, perceive"), possibly via assumed Vulgar Latin *causÄ«re ("to choose") from Gothic *ðŒºðŒ°ðŒ¿ðƒðŒ¾ðŒ°ðŒ½ ("to make a choice, taste, test, choose"), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijanÄ…, from Proto-Germanic *keusanÄ… ("to choose"), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- ("to choose"). Akin to Old High German kiosan ("to choose"), Old English Ä‹Ä“osan ("to choose"), Old Norse kjósa ("to choose"). More at choose.
Full definition of choice
Noun
choice
(plural choices)- An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
- 2012-01, Steven Sloman, The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation, Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges†our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.
- Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?
- 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.
- Anything that can be chosen.
- (usually with the) The best or most preferable part.
- MiltonThe flower and choice
Of many provinces from bound to bound. - Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination.
- Francis BaconI imagine they apothegms of Caesar were collected with judgment and choice.
- (obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.
Synonyms
- (anything that can be chosen) assortment, range, selection
- (definite: best or most preferable part) the cream