CHOICE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of choice in English choicenoun uk /tʃɔɪs/ us /tʃɔɪs/

choice noun (ACT)

Add to word list Add to word list B1 [ C or U ] an act or the possibility of choosing: If the product doesn't work, you are given the choice of a refund or a replacement.make a choice It's a difficult choice to make. It's your choice/The choice is yours (= only you can decide).choice between It was a choice between pain now or pain later, so I chose pain later.informed choice Now you know all the facts, you can make an informed choice.not have much choice I'd prefer not to work, but I don't have much choice (= this is not possible).have no choice but to He had no choice but to accept (= he had to accept).by choice I live alone by choice.

• If it's a choice between higher pay and job security, I'd prefer to keep my job.
• People are beginning to question the prime minister's choice of advisers.
• Some women make a deliberate choice to rear a child alone.
• It's a straight choice - either you leave him or you stay.

Taking and choosing

• adopt
• adopted
• adoption
• appoint
• bags I... idiom
• be your best bet idiom
• faute de mieux
• favoured
• filter something out
• filterable
• first choice
• pick over something phrasal verb
• plump for something/someone phrasal verb
• Robin Hood
• select
• selection
• snaffle
• wide choice
• you name it idiom
• you pays your money and you takes your choice/chance idiom

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choice noun (VARIETY)

B1 [ S or U ] the range of different things from which you can choose: There wasn't much choice on the menu.wide choice The evening menu offers a wide choice of dishes. The dress is available in a choice of colours. See also be spoilt for choice UK

• You get more choice if you eat from the main menu.
• There was a choice of four prizes, and the winner could select one of them.
• The store doesn't have much choice when it comes to bed linen.
• There is a wide choice of insurance policies.

Taking and choosing

• adopt
• adopted
• adoption
• appoint
• bags I... idiom
• be your best bet idiom
• faute de mieux
• favoured
• filter something out
• filterable
• first choice
• pick over something phrasal verb
• plump for something/someone phrasal verb
• Robin Hood
• select
• selection
• snaffle
• wide choice
• you name it idiom
• you pays your money and you takes your choice/chance idiom

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choice noun (PERSON/THING)

B1 [ C ] a person or thing that has been chosen or that can be chosen: first choice Harvard was not his first choice.choice as He wouldn't be my choice as a friend.choice for This type of day care may in fact be the best choice for your child.

• So what would be your top choice for a holiday?
• Her can-do attitude is what made her our choice for the job.
• Wendy Clarke was our second choice for the job.
• I think she would be a suitable choice to be a trustee.
• He proved to be a very bad choice as husband.

Taking and choosing

• adopt
• adopted
• adoption
• appoint
• bags I... idiom
• be your best bet idiom
• faute de mieux
• favoured
• filter something out
• filterable
• first choice
• pick over something phrasal verb
• plump for something/someone phrasal verb
• Robin Hood
• select
• selection
• snaffle
• wide choice
• you name it idiom
• you pays your money and you takes your choice/chance idiom

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Idiom

of choice choiceadjective uk /tʃɔɪs/ us /tʃɔɪs/ of high quality: I had the the most expensive dish on the menu - a choice steak. Informal words for good

• A-OK
• amazeballs
• apple pie
• awesomesauce
• badass
• dank
• insane
• killer
• knock
• knock spots off something idiom
• like a boss idiom
• lit
• magic
• out of sight idiom
• rule OK idiom
• safe
• shabby
• shit hot
• sight
• smashing

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choice | American Dictionary

choicenoun us /tʃɔɪs/

choice noun (ACT)

Add to word list Add to word list [ C/U ] an act of choosing; a decision: [ C ] a difficult/easy choice [ C ] When you’re trying to cut the budget deficit, you’ve got to make tough choices.

choice noun (POSSIBILITY)

[ C/U ] the right to choose, or the possibility of choosing: [ C ] Well, I still think people have a choice. [ C ] Given a choice, what would you do? [ C ] I asked if I could have a choice which science course to take. [ U ] We have no choice but to drive to the airport (= That is the only thing we can do).

choice noun (VARIETY)

[ C ] a range of different things you can choose: [ C ] A wide choice of colors is available in this size.

choice noun (PERSON/THING)

[ C ] a person or thing that has been chosen or that can be chosen: She would be my first choice for the job. choiceadjective [ -er/-est only ] us /tʃɔɪs/

choice adjective [-er/-est only] (EXCELLENT)

of high quality: a choice cut of meat (Definition of choice from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

choice | Business English

choicenoun [ S or U ] uk /tʃɔɪs/ us Add to word list Add to word list a range of different things that are available to choose from: a choice of sb/sth Finding the best bank account takes patience - there is a choice of more than 60.a choice between sth and sth When employees have a choice between taking a pay cut or working more, they'd rather work more.no choice but to do sth Many high-risk borrowers had no choice but to accept higher interest rates. They offer only a limited choice of products. a wide/extensive/greater choice  of choice (for sb/sth) most popular or most commonly chosen for a particular purpose: Freelancing has become the career of choice for many people.  of your choice chosen by you: You may sell your shares through a broker of your choice. choiceadjective uk /tʃɔɪs/ us very good in quality, and worth having: They bought a choice piece of real estate in the heart of the city. (Definition of choice from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of choice

choice It will be useful to have an explicit choice for this. From the Cambridge English Corpus At each crossing point there is more than one choice. From the Cambridge English Corpus This choice makes proofs of our results much simpler. From the Cambridge English Corpus Let us see now where we shall find ourselves when we understand a collective as a sequence of free choice. From the Cambridge English Corpus Next, the parallel choice-points are split between the two agents. From the Cambridge English Corpus Their choices, we argue, result from an 38. From the Cambridge English Corpus This example indicates the way the choice occurs as to which of the possible ideas is to be given up. From the Cambridge English Corpus Then, a food reward was given after the next correct choice. From the Cambridge English Corpus But the evidence of surveys suggests that employees frequently do not exercise much choice at all over their health plans. From the Cambridge English Corpus Each of the three players is now free to believe that the other two players are correlating their strategy choices. From the Cambridge English Corpus Note also that the players hold correct beliefs about their own choices throughout. From the Cambridge English Corpus The environment passes control to an ordinary text-editor of the user's choice, post-processing the resulting file. From the Cambridge English Corpus The precursor to having one's integrity protected (embodied by the requirement of one's consent) is the capacity to exercise will, make choices, and communicate desires. From the Cambridge English Corpus Actual choices are relevant not to the idea of the right but rather to its direction of exercise with respect to the protected domain. From the Cambridge English Corpus After 25 unrewarded choices, the training situation was shown and a correct choice of the triangle was rewarded. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of choice These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations with choice

choice

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aesthetic choiceIs it simply an aesthetic choice? From the Cambridge English Corpus   axiom of choiceIt is well-known that the axiom of choice is equivalent to stating that every surjective function has a right-inverse. From the Cambridge English Corpus   best choiceNonetheless, this is not always the best choice. From the Cambridge English Corpus   These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with choice What is the pronunciation of choice?

Translations of choice

in Chinese (Traditional) 行為, 選擇，挑選, 抉擇… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 行为, 选择，挑选, 抉择… See more in Spanish elección, selección, elección [feminine]… See more in Portuguese escolha, opção, variedade… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian एखादी कृती किंवा निवडण्याची शक्यता, वेगवेगळ्या गोष्टींची श्रेणी ज्यातून आपण निवडू शकता, एखादी व्यक्ती किंवा वस्तू जी निवडली गेली आहे किंवा जी निवडली जाऊ शकते… See more 選択の余地, 選択, 選択の種類… See more seçme, belirleme, seçim… See more choix [masculine], variété [feminine], choix… See more possibilitat d’escollir, elecció, selecció… See more keuze, keus… See more ஒரு செயல் அல்லது தேர்ந்தெடுக்கும் வாய்ப்பு, நீங்கள் தேர்வுசெய்யக்கூடிய வெவ்வேறு விஷயங்களின் வரம்பு, ஒரு நபர் அல்லது தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்ட அல்லது தேர்வு செய்யக்கூடிய விஷயம்… See more चुनाव या चयन की क्रिया या संभावना, (अनेक भिन्न चीज़ों में से कुछ) चुनना, विकल्प या पसंद… See more પસંદગી કરવી, પસંદગી… See more valg… See more val… See more memilih, pilihan… See more die Wahl… See more valg [neuter], valgmulighet [masculine], utvalg [neuter]… See more انتخاب, پسند, متبادل… See more вибір… See more ఎంచుకునే చర్య లేక అవకాశం, ఎంపిక, మీరు ఎంచుకోగలిగే రకరకాల విషయాల శ్రేణి… See more পছন্দ, বেছে নেবার সুবিধা, বিকল্প… See more volba, na výběr… See more pilihan… See more การเลือก, สิ่งที่ถูกเลือก… See more quyền lựa chọn, sự lựa chọn… See more wybór, wyborowy… See more 선택, 결정, 종류… See more scelta, assortimento, preferenza… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of choice

• by choice
• anti-choice
• pro-choice
• wide choice
• first choice
• fielder’s choice
• Hobson's choice

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• of choice idiom
• given the chance/choice idiom
• be spoilt for choice idiom
• be spoiled for choice, at be spoilt for choice idiom
• you pays your money and you takes your choice/chance idiom

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  • Noun 
    • choice (ACT)
    • choice (VARIETY)
    • choice (PERSON/THING)
  Adjective
• American   
  • Noun 
    • choice (ACT)
    • choice (POSSIBILITY)
    • choice (VARIETY)
    • choice (PERSON/THING)
  • Adjective 
    • choice (EXCELLENT)
• Business   
  • Noun 
    • choice
    • of choice (for sb/sth)
    • of your choice
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