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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: choice adj 1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "fine wines" "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: {fine}, {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}, {pick}] 3: an alternative action "what option did I have?" or "there no other alternative" or "my only choice is to refuse" [syn: {option}, {alternative}]
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