choice
the person or thing chosen or selected
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,740 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,448 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the person or thing chosen or selected also: pick, selection he was my pick for mayor
- the act of choosing or selecting also: selection, option, pick your choice of colors was unfortunateyou can take your pick
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen also: option, alternative what option did I have?there is no other alternative
adjective
- of superior grade also: prime, prize, quality, select choice winesprime beef
- appealing to refined taste choice wine
choice in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Every evening she had the choice of the theatre or a ball, often both.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Of right choice food are his meals, I ween, In his cell so lone and cold.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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Still raise for Good the supplicating Voice, But leave to Heav'n the Measure and the Choice.
The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two · Samuel Johnson · Chapter 1
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We do not know whether it is necessary to defend our choice of a somewhat antiquated prose.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1