choice
//tʃɔɪs//
Forms
- Plural
- choices
- Comparative
- choicer
- Superlative
- choicest
Definitions
1.An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
- Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?
2.The power to choose.
- She didn't leave us much choice.
- For he is also the political leader of the nation, or has it in his choice to be.
3.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.
4.Anything that can be chosen.
- You have three choices: vanilla, strawberry or chocolate.
1.Especially good or preferred.
- It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there.
1.Cool; excellent.(slang)
- "I'm going to the movies." , "Choice!"
Frequency
Overall
Common· #611
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
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”).