Definizione di choice

Frequenza

choice

(tʃɔɪs )

parola: plural choices , comparative choicer , superlative choicest

1. sostantivo numerabile

If there is a choice of things, there are several of them and you can choose the one you want.

It's available in a choice of colours. [+ of]

At lunchtime, there's a choice between the buffet or the set menu. [+ between]

Club Sportif offer a wide choice of holidays. [+ of]

Sinonimi: range, variety, selection, assortment Ulteriori sinonimi di choice

2. sostantivo numerabile [usually poss NOUN]

Your choice is someone or something that you choose from a range of things.

Although he was only joking, his choice of words made Rodney angry. [+ of]

Sinonimi: selection, preference, election, pick Ulteriori sinonimi di choice

3. aggettivo [ADJECTIVE noun]

Choice means of very high quality.

[formal]

...Fortnum and Mason's choicest chocolates.

Sinonimi: best, bad [slang], special, prime Ulteriori sinonimi di choice

have no choice/ have little choice

of one's choice

of choice

Ulteriori sinonimi di choice

Video: pronunciation of 'choice'

Frequenza

choice in American

(tʃɔɪs ; chois)

sostantivo

the act of choosing; selection

the right, power, or chance to choose; option

a person or thing chosen

the best or most preferable part

a variety from which to choose

a supply that is well chosen

an alternative

aggettivo parola: ˈchoicer or ˈchoicest

of special excellence; superior

carefully chosen

10.

designating or of a grade of government-classified meat between prime and good

Modi di dire:

of choice

SYNONYMY NOTE: choice implies the chance, right, or power to choose, usually by the free exercise of one's judgment [a bachelor by choice]; option suggests the privilege of choosing as granted by a person or group in authority that normally exercises the power [local option on liquor sales]; alternative, in strict usage, limits a choice to one of two possibilities [the alternative of paying a fine or serving 30 days]; preference suggests the determining of choice by predisposition or partiality [a preference for striped ties]; selection implies a wide choice and the exercise of careful discrimination [selections from the modern French poets]

forme derivate

choicely (ˈchoicely)

avverbio

choiceness (ˈchoiceness)

sostantivo

Parola origine choice

ME & OFr chois < choisir, to choose < Goth kausjan, to taste, test: see choose

Frequenza

choice in British

(tʃɔɪs )

sostantivo

the act or an instance of choosing or selecting

the opportunity or power of choosing

a person or thing chosen or that may be chosen

he was a possible choice

an alternative action or possibility

what choice did I have?

a supply from which to select

a poor choice of shoes

6. of choice

aggettivo

of superior quality; excellent

choice wine

carefully chosen, appropriate

a few choice words will do the trick

vulgar or rude

choice language

forme derivate

choicely (ˈchoicely)

avverbio

choiceness (ˈchoiceness)

sostantivo

Parola origine choice

C13: from Old French chois, from choisir to choose

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citazioni

You pays your money and you takes your choice Punch

We human beings do have some genuine freedom of choice and therefore some effective control over our own destiniesA.J.Toynbee Some Great 'Ifs' of History

We often experience more regret over the part we have left, than pleasure over the part we have preferredJoseph Roux Meditations of a Parish Priest

As a man thinketh, so is he, and as a man chooseth so is heRalph Waldo Emerson Spiritual Laws