choice

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of superior grade

   choice wines

2. 2
   adj

   appealing to refined taste

   choice wine

3. 3
   noun

   the act of choosing or selecting

   your choice of colors was unfortunate

4. 4
   noun

   An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.

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

5. 5
   noun

   The power to choose.

   She didn't leave us much choice.

6. 6
   noun

   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.

7. 7
   noun

   Anything that can be chosen.

   You have three choices: vanilla, strawberry or chocolate.

8. 8
   noun

   The best or most preferable part.

   The flower and choice / Of many provinces from bound to bound.

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