choyse

Noun

choice (countable and uncountable, plural choices)

1. An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
   • Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?

   Synonyms:

   conclusion, opinion, verdict, call, award, censure, decision, deduction, determination, ergotism

2. (uncountable) The power to choose.
   • She didn't leave us much choice.
3. 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.

   Synonyms:

   option, possibility, alternative, contingency

4. Anything that can be chosen.
   • You have three choices: vanilla, strawberry or chocolate.

   Synonyms:

   assortment, range, selection

5. (usually) The best or most preferable part.
   • The flower and choice / Of many provinces from bound to bound.1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 3

   Synonyms:

   the cream

6. (obsolete) Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
   • I imagine they [the apothegms of Caesar] were collected with judgment and choice.1625, Francis [Bacon], Apophthegmes New and Old. […], London: […] Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, […], →OCLC

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