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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Choice \Choice\ (chois), n. [OE. chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr.
     choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to
     examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G. kiesen. [root]46. Cf.
     Choose.]
     1. Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or
        separating from two or more things that which is
        preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one
        thing to another; election.
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     2. The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
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              Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take
              be so in our power that we might have refused it.
                                                    --Hooker.
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     3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing
        what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference;
        discrimination.
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              I imagine they [the apothegms of C[ae]sar] were
              collected with judgment and choice.   --Bacon.
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     4. A sufficient number to choose among. --Shak.
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     5. The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and
        selected in preference to others; selection.
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              The common wealth is sick of their own choice.
                                                    --Shak.
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     6. The best part; that which is preferable.
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              The flower and choice
              Of many provinces from bound to bound. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To make a choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and
        take in preference.
  
     Syn: Syn. - See Volition, Option.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Choice \Choice\, a. [Compar. Choicer; superl. Choicest.]
     1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior;
        precious; valuable.
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              My choicest hours of life are lost.   --Swift.
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     2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; --
        used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.
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     3. Selected with care, and due attention to preference;
        deliberately chosen.
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              Choice word measured phrase.          --Wordsworth.
  
     Syn: Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare;
          chary; careful/
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Choice \Choice\, a. [Compar. Choicer; superl. Choicest.]
     1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior;
        precious; valuable.
  
              My choicest hours of life are lost.   --Swift.
  
     2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; --
        used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.
  
     3. Selected with care, and due attention to preference;
        deliberately chosen.
  
              Choice word measured phrase.          --Wordsworth.
  
     Syn: Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare;
          chary; careful/

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Choice \Choice\ (chois), n. [OE. chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr.
     choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to
     examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G. kiesen. [root]46. Cf.
     Choose.]
     1. Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or
        separating from two or more things that which is
        preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one
        thing to another; election.
  
     2. The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
  
              Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take
              be so in our power that we might have refused it.
                                                    --Hooker.
  
     3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing
        what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference;
        discrimination.
  
              I imagine they [the apothegms of C[ae]sar] were
              collected with judgment and choice.   --Bacon.
  
     4. A sufficient number to choose among. --Shak.
  
     5. The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and
        selected in preference to others; selection.
  
              The common wealth is sick of their own choice.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     6. The best part; that which is preferable.
  
              The flower and choice Of many provinces from bound
              to bound.                             --Milton.
  
     To make a choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and
        take in preference.
  
     Syn: Syn. - See Volition, Option.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  choice
       adj 1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize
              carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: prime(a),
               prize, quality, select]
       2: appealing to refined taste; "choice wine"
       n 1: the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for
            mayor" [syn: pick, selection]
       2: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was
          unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: selection,
          option, pick]
       3: one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen;
          "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative";
          "my only choice is to refuse" [syn: option, alternative]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  choice
     Αγγλικά n.
     επιλογή

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  choice
     Middle English a.
     (alt form enm chois)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm chois)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Choice
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  choice
     a.
     1 Especially good or preferred.
     2 (lb en obsolete) Careful in choosing; discriminating.
     interj.
     (lb en slang New Zealand) cool; excellent.
     n.
     1 An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select
  something.
     2 (lb en uncountable) The power to choose.
     3 One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the
  outcome of a decision.
     4 Anything that can be chosen.
     5 (lb en usually with ''the'') The best or most preferable part.
     6 (lb en obsolete) Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination,
  selectiveness.
     7 (lb en obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.
     8 (lb en set theory) (ellipsis of en axiom of choice).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Choice
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  choice
     Middle English a.
     (alt form enm chois)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm chois)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Choice
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  choice
     Middle English a.
     (alt form enm chois)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm chois)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Choice
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  choice
     Englanti n.
     1 valinta
     2 vaihtoehto

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  choice
     Engelska n.
     1 val, möjligt beslut; alternativ
     2 urval, sortiment

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  choice /tʃˈɔɪs/
  keuse

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Choice /tʃˈɔɪs/
  الإختيار

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  choice //t͡ʃɔɪs// 
  отбран
  especially good or preferred

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  choice //t͡ʃɔɪs// 
  и́збор 2.
  option or decision
   3.
  selection or preference

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  choice /tʃˈɔɪs/
  výběr

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  choice /tʃˈɔɪs/ 
  volba

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  choice /tʃˈɔɪs/ 
  lahůdkový

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  choice /tʃˈɔɪs/ 
  dewis 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  choice /tʃˈɔɪs/
  Auswahl , Sortiment 
        "a choice of products"  - eine Auswahl an Produkten
   see: choices
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  choice /tʃˈɔɪs/
  Wahl 
           Note: Entscheidung zwischen mehreren Möglichkeiten
        "make a choice"  - eine Wahl treffen
        "take one's choice"  - seine Wahl treffen
        "have the choice"  - die Wahl haben
        "be spoilt for choice"  - die Qual der Wahl haben
        "be Viennese by choice"  - Wahlwiener sein
        "be faced with the choice of doing sth."  - vor die Wahl gestellt sein, etw. zu tun
        "explain the choice of answer"  - erklären, warum eine bestimmte Antwort gewählt wurde
        "We have no other choice."  - Es bleibt uns gar nichts anderes übrig.
   see: put sb. in a situation of having to choose between two options
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  choice /tʃˈɔɪs/
  Wahlmöglichkeit , Auswahlmöglichkeit , Möglichkeit , freie Wahl , Option , Gesaltungsoption 
        "As I see it, you have only three choices."  - So wie ich das sehe, hast du nur drei Möglichkeiten.
     Synonyms: option, election
  
   see: options, choices, elections, lunch option
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  choice /tʃˈɔɪs/
   [formal] ausgewählt, erlesen, ausgesucht 
        "in a few choice words/phrases"  - kurz und bündig
        "We select only the choicest apples for our pies."  - Für unsere Kuchen verwenden wir nur die erlesensten Äpfel.
   see: choice wines
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  choice /tʃˈɔɪs/
  
  εκλεκτός, επιλογή

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  choice //t͡ʃɔɪs// 
  1. vaihtoehto 2.
  anything that can be chosen
   3.
  selection or preference
  2. eliitti
  definite: best or most preferable part
  3. valinta, valikoima
  option or decision

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  choice /tʃɔis/
  choix

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  choice /tʃɔis/
  rogha

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  choice /tʃˈɔɪs/ 
  1. चुनाव
        "Your choice of colors was unfortunate"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  choice /tʃˈɔɪs/
  izbor, izboru, izvor, odabir, odabiru, odabran, probrani, probranih

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  choice /tʃˈɔɪs/
  1. kiválasztás
  2. kitûnô
  3. választás
  4. alternatíva
  5. választék
  6. kiváló
  7. finom
  8. elsôrangú
  9. vminek a legjava
  10. legjobb minôségû
  11. válogatott
  12. legjava vminek

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  choice /tʃˈɔɪs/
  scelta

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  choice //t͡ʃɔɪs// 
  1. 選択肢
  anything that can be chosen
  2. 最適
  definite: best or most preferable part
  3. 選択 2.
  option or decision
   3.
  selection or preference

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  choice /tʃɔis/
  1. pasirinkimas
  2. alternatyva

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  choice //t͡ʃɔɪs// 
  valg
  option or decision

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  choice /ʧɔɪs/
  I.   1.  wybór
   2.  dobór, asortyment
  II.   1.  wyborowy, najlepszy
   2.  have no choice but (have V: :no :choice :but)
   - nie mieć innego wyjścia oprócz

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  choice /tʃɔis/
  designação, eleição, escolha

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  choice /tʃɔis/
  elección

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  choice //t͡ʃɔɪs// 
  prima, utsökt, utvald
  especially good or preferred

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  choice //t͡ʃɔɪs// 
  1. urval, sortiment
  anything that can be chosen
  2. bäst, elit
  definite: best or most preferable part
  3. val 2.
  option or decision
   3.
  selection or preference

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  choice /tʃˈɔɪs/
  1. seçkin, güzide
  2. mükemmel, üstün. choicely  seçkin bir şekilde. choiceness  seçkin oluş.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  choice /tʃˈɔɪs/
  1. seçme, ayırma
  2. tercih hakkı, seçim hakkı
  3. seçilmiş kişi veya şey, tercih
  4. diğerlerine tercih edilen şey
  5. şık, ihtimal. by choice tercihli.Take your choice istediğinizi alınız. seçiniz.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈtʃɔɪs/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  CHOICE. Preference either of a person or thing, to one of several other 
  persons or things. Election. (q.v.) 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  148 Moby Thesaurus words for "choice":
     Attic, acceptance, adjudgment, adjudication, aesthetic,
     alternative, animus, appetence, appetency, appetite, appraisal,
     appropriate, arbitrament, arbitration, artistic, best, champion,
     chaste, choosing, chosen, classic, command, conation, conatus,
     cream, dainty, decision, deeming, delicate, desirable, desire,
     determination, discretion, discrimination, disposition, druthers,
     elect, election, elegant, elite, escape clause, escape hatch,
     evaluation, excellent, exceptional, exquisite, fancy, fat, finding,
     first-rate, fit, fitting, flower, for the best, free choice,
     free decision, free will, full consent, good judgment, greatest,
     handpicked, high-quality, ideal, in good taste, inclination,
     incomparable, intention, judging, judgment, judicature, liking,
     loophole, lust, matchless, mind, noncontingent free will, nonesuch,
     nonpareil, objective, of choice, of quality, optimal, optimum,
     option, paragon, paramount, passion, peerless, pick, picked,
     pleasing, pleasure, preeminent, preference, preferred, pretext,
     pride, prime, prize, pure, queen, quiet, quintessence,
     quintessential, rare, rating, recherche, resolution, restrained,
     saving clause, say, say-so, select, selected, selection,
     sexual desire, simple, special, subdued, superior, superlative,
     supreme, surpassing, tasteful, the best, the best ever, the tops,
     the very best, top, transcendent, unaffected, understated,
     unmatchable, unmatched, unobtrusive, unparalleled, unsurpassed,
     velleity, verdict, very best, voice, volition, way of escape,
     way out, well-chosen, will, will power, wish
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 选择,精选品;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 选择,抉择;U选择机会;C入选者,精华;供选择的种类

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