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choice noun [ tʃɔɪs ]

• an act of choosing between two or more possibilities.
• "the choice between good and evil"
Similar: option, alternative, possibility, possible course of action, solution, answer, way out,

choice adjective

• (especially of food) of very good quality.
• "he picked some choice early plums"
Similar: superior, first-class, first-rate, prime, premier, grade A, best, finest, excellent, select, quality, high-quality, top, top-quality, high-grade, of the first water, prize, special, exclusive, hand-picked, carefully chosen, vintage, fine, top of the range, top of the line, par excellence, tip-top, A1, top-notch, plum, well chosen, well put, well expressed, appropriate, apposite, apt, fit, felicitous,
Opposite: inferior, mediocre,
• (of words or language) rude and abusive.
• "he had a few choice words at his command"
Similar: rude, abusive, insulting, offensive, unprintable,
Opposite: polite,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French chois, from choisir ‘choose’, of Germanic origin and related to choose.

by choice

• of one's own accord.
"she did not leave the academic world by choice, but because her future seemed blocked"

of choice

• selected as one's favourite or the best.
"champagne was his drink of choice"

of one's choice

• that one chooses or has chosen.
"the college of her choice"



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