choice

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The chance or right to choose between two or more things.

   Do I have a choice of what colour to paint it?

2. 2
   noun

   The thing or person that someone chooses.

   The chocolate sundae is a popular choice for dessert.

3. 3
   noun

   The range of different things you can choose from.

   The menu offers a wide choice of dishes.

4. 4
   adj

   Of very high quality.

   The shop sells only choice cuts of meat.

Common collocations

• choice morsel Adjective + noun

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”). Akin to Old High German kiosan (“to choose”), Old English ċēosan (“to choose”), Old Norse kjósa (“to choose”). More at choose.

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