choicenoun
uk/tʃɔɪs/us/tʃɔɪs/choice noun (ACT)
B1 [ C or U ] an act or the possibility of choosing:
If the product doesn't work, you are given the choice of a refund or a replacement.
It's a difficult choice to make.
It's your choice/The choice is yours (= only you can decide).
It was a choice between pain now or pain later, so I chose pain later.
Now you know all the facts, you can make an informed choice.
I'd prefer not to work but I don't have much choice (= this is not possible).
He had no choice but to accept (= he had to accept).
Is she single by choice?
Champagne is their drink of choice (= the one they most often drink).
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- There was a choice of four prizes, and the winner could select one of them.
- If it's a choice between higher pay and job security, I'd prefer to keep my job.
- People are beginning to question the prime minister's choice of advisers.
- Some women make a deliberate choice to rear a child alone.
- It's a straight choice - either you leave him or you stay.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking and choosing
- accord
- adopt
- adopted
- adoption
- appoint
- bags I... idiom
- dip
- either-or
- elect
- empanel
- go off with sth
- have/keep your options open idiom
- impanel
- selection
- selective
- selector
- self-selected
- single sb/sth out
- skim sb/sth off
- slate
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choice noun (VARIETY)
B1 [ S or U ] the range of different things from which you can choose:
There wasn't much choice on the menu.
The evening menu offers a wide choice of dishes.
The dress is available in a choice of colours.
More examples
- You get more choice if you eat from the main menu.
- There was a choice of four prizes, and the winner could select one of them.
- There's so much good theatre and cinema in London, really one is spoilt for choice.
- The store doesn't have much choice when it comes to bed linen.
- There is a wide choice of insurance policies.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking and choosing
- accord
- adopt
- adopted
- adoption
- appoint
- bags I... idiom
- dip
- either-or
- elect
- empanel
- go off with sth
- have/keep your options open idiom
- impanel
- selection
- selective
- selector
- self-selected
- single sb/sth out
- skim sb/sth off
- slate
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Variety and mixtures
choice noun (PERSON/THING)
B1 [ C ] a person or thing that has been chosen or that can be chosen:
Harvard was not his first choice.
He wouldn't be my choice as a friend.
This type of day care may in fact be the best choice for your child.
More examples
- So what would be your top choice for a holiday.?
- Her can-do attitude is what made her our choice for the job.
- Wendy Clarke was our second choice for the job.
- I think she would be a suitable choice to be a trustee.
- He proved to be a very bad choice as husband.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking and choosing
- accord
- adopt
- adopted
- adoption
- appoint
- bags I... idiom
- dip
- either-or
- elect
- empanel
- go off with sth
- have/keep your options open idiom
- impanel
- selection
- selective
- selector
- self-selected
- single sb/sth out
- skim sb/sth off
- slate
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Idiom(s)
of choice
choiceadjective
uk/tʃɔɪs/us/tʃɔɪs/of high quality:
I had the the most expensive dish on the menu - a choice fillet of fish.
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Informal words for good
- A-OK
- ace
- amazeballs
- apple pie
- awesomesauce
- badass
- champion
- juicy
- killer
- knock
- knock spots off sth idiom
- magic
- mega
- rule
- serious
- some
- splendiferous
- steal the show/scene idiom
- stupendous
- suck
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