CHOICE
\t͡ʃˈɔ͡ɪs], \tʃˈɔɪs], \tʃ_ˈɔɪ_s]\
Definitions of CHOICE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse"
By Princeton University
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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.
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The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
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Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.
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A sufficient number to choose among.
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The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
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The best part; that which is preferable.
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Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.
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Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.
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Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; - used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
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Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.
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A sufficient number to choose among.
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The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
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The best part; that which is preferable.
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Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.
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Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.
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Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; - used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of choosing; the right of choosing; the thing or person chosen; the best or preferable part; a number large enough to choose from.
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Select; carefully chosen; careful of; with of; uncommon.
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Choicely.
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Choiceness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Choicely.
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Choiceness.
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Select; excellent.
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Fastidious; dainty.
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The act or privilege of choosing; preference; variety to choose from.
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One who or that which is chosen.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Act or power of choosing: the thing chosen: preference: the preferable or best part.
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Worthy of being chosen: select.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; option; the thing chosen; election.
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Select; precious; very good, or best; selecting with much care.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [French] Act of choosing; election; –the power of choosing; option; preference; – there in selecting; discrimination; – the thing chosen.
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The act of choosing, election; the power of choosing; care in choosing, curiosity of distinction; the thing chosen; the best part of any thing; several things proposed as objects of election.
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Select, of extraordinary value; chary, frugal, careful.
By Thomas Sheridan
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