Definition of choices Choices

/ʧɔjˈsʌz/ - [choysuz] -

We found 3 definitions of choices from 2 different sources.

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What does choices mean?

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  • choices (Noun)
    Plural of choice.

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: choices

choice - the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
  selection, option, pick
  action something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
  casting the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie
  coloration, colouration choice and use of colors (as by an artist)
  sampling (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study
  decision, determination, conclusion the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"
  willing, volition the act of making a choice; "followed my father of my own volition"
  election the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"
choice - the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"
  pick, selection
  deciding, decision making the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"
  pleasure sexual gratification; "he took his pleasure of her"
  favorite, favourite something regarded with special favor or liking; "that book is one of my favorites"
choice - 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"
  option, alternative
  deciding, decision making the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"
  obverse the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design
  druthers, preference grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties)
  default option, default an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified
  possible action, possibility, opening a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
  impossible action, impossibility an alternative that is not available
  hobson's choice the choice of taking what is offered or nothing at all

Adjective

choice, choicer, choicest

choice - of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
  prime, prize, quality, select
  superior (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by; "he is superior to fear"; "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades"
choice - appealing to refined taste; "choice wine"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • choice (n.)
    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.
  • choice (n.)
    The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
  • choice (n.)
    Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.
  • choice (n.)
    A sufficient number to choose among.
  • choice (n.)
    The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
  • choice (n.)
    The best part; that which is preferable.
  • choice (superl.)
    Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.
  • choice (superl.)
    Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.
  • choice (superl.)
    Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • choice
    One particular selection or preference out of a given range; the outcome of a decision that a person has made, or is about to make.
  • choice
    A selection of something from a collection of options or alternatives.
  • choice
    Considered especially good or preferred.
  • choice
    Specially selected and of a high quality.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • choice
    chois, n. act or power of choosing: the thing chosen: alternative: preference: the preferable or best part.—adj. worthy of being chosen: select: appropriate.—adjs. Choice′-drawn (Shak.), selected with care; Choice′ful (Spens.), making many choices, fickle.—adv. Choice′ly, with discrimination or care.—n. Choice′ness, particular value: excellence: nicety.—Hobson's choice, the alternative of a thing offered or nothing, from Hobson, a Cambridge carrier and innkeeper, who insisted on lending out the horse nearest the stable door, or none at all.—Make choice of, to select; Take one's choice, to take what one wishes. [Fr. choix—choisir; cf. Choose.]

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • A choice is the act of making a decision. Making a choice is making a resolution to do something or act a certain way. We all make choices everyday. From what we are going to have for breakfast to whether we drive or walk to work.

    The field of economics examines how people make choices about how to use scarce resources and goods, such as their money or free time. Some ways of thinking such as existentialism argue that people's choices and decisions are very important.

    Free choice.

    Some people believe that every person and animal in has a right to free choice. However some criminals have to have some of their free choice and will removed, when they are put in jail, because they have committed a crime or hurt people.

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  • choice, noun, singular of choices.
  • choice, adjective.

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