choice en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /tʃɔɪs/
- [t͡ʃɒːɪ̯s] (India, South)
- (US) audio
- [t͡ʃoɪ̯s] (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
- [t͡ʃɒɪ̯s] (Ireland)
- [t͡ʃɔːɪ̯s] (India, North)
- /t͡ʃäɪ̯s/ Dublin
- [t͡ʃäːɪ̯s] (India, South)
Etymology
From Middle English chois, from Old French chois (“choice”), from choisir (“to choose, perceive”), possibly via assumed Vulgar Latin *causīre (“to choose”), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan, “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną, from *keusaną (“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose”). Akin to Old High German kiosan (“to choose”), Old English ċēosan (“to choose”), Old Norse kjósa (“to choose”). More at choose.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.
2012 January 14, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2012, page 74:Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?
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(uncountable) The power to choose.
She didn't leave us much choice.
For he is also the political leader of the nation, or has it in his choice to be.
1907, Woodrow Wilson, Constitutional Government in the United States, page 68:
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(countable, uncountable) One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
The ice cream sundae is a popular choice for dessert.
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(countable, uncountable) Anything that can be chosen.
You have three choices: vanilla, strawberry or chocolate.
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(countable, uncountable, usually, with the) The best or most preferable part.
The flower and choice / Of many provinces from bound to bound.
1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 3:
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
I imagine they [the apothegms of Caesar] were collected with judgment and choice.
1625, Francis [Bacon], Apophthegmes New and Old. […], London: […] Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, […], →OCLC:We see children perpetually running from place to place to hunt out something new; they catch with great eagerness, and with very little choice, at whatever comes before them; their attention is engaged by every thing, because every thing has, in that stage of life, the charm of novelty to recommend it.
1757, Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, London: R. & J. Dodsley, Part I, Section I, p. 1:
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A sufficient number to choose among.
And, which is more, she is not so divine, / So full replete with choice of all delights
c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, act 5, scene 5, lines 17–18:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of axiom of choice.
alt of axiom of choice
5. ZF* is the theory obtained from the aforementioned axiomatics (without choice) by adding the Axiom of Inaccessible Cardinals to be explained in the next secion; similarly, we get ZFC*.
2016 July 15, Decio Krause, Jonas R.B. Arenhart, The Logical Foundations of Scientific Theories: Languages, Structures, and Models (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Physics), Routledge, →ISBN, page 51:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| choise | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| choices | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| choyse | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
choice of forum agreement · discrete choice analysis · choice machine · mischoice · pro-choice · choice of forum clause · Hercules' choice · choice theory · non-choice · choiceworthy · drug of choice · of one's choice · intertemporal choice · first choice · ranked choice · computational social choice · Sophie's choice · multiple choice question · subchoice · for choice · life choice · war of choice · social choice · spoiled for choice · you pays your nickel and you takes your choice · forechoice · you pays your money and you takes your choice · choice of court agreement · dealer's choice · multiple-choice question · lexical choice · unchoice · choice function · Hobson's choice · sailor's-choice · leave someone no choice · agreement on the choice of court · multiple-choice · choicely · rational choice theory · prechoice · choice word · choiceness · choicy · anti-choice · overchoice · fielder's choice · of choice · multichoice · choiceless · choice feminism · Luce's choice axiom · freedom of choice · spoilt for choice · nonchoice · axiom of countable choice · choiceful
Relateds
Synonyms
profusion · assortment · decision · sight · possibility · range · illation · abundance · abundance · contingency · award · opinion · view · profusion · plethora · ergotism · selection · choice · conclusion · inference · opinion · treasure trove · choice · mind · result · judgement/judgment · call · verdict · possibility · gold mine · verdict · determination · deduction · choice · horn of plenty · horn of Amalthea · alternative · conclusion · option · option · take · the cream · cornucopia · wealth · censure
Translations (207)
fa-ira اِخْتِیار (option or decision) · da elite (definite: best or most preferable part) · sk voľba (option or decision) · ckb ھەڵبژاردە (option or decision) · ar اِخْتِيَار (option or decision) · fr morceau de choix (definite: best or most preferable part) · sk výber (option or decision) · tg ихтиёр (option or decision) · nn val (selection or preference) · sv eliten (definite: best or most preferable part) · es opción (anything that can be chosen) · ckb ھەڵبژاردە (anything that can be chosen) · wa tchuze (anything that can be chosen) · vi sự quyết định (option or decision) · mi pūwharu (definite: best or most preferable part) · tg интихоб (option or decision) · nan-hbl 選擇 /选择 (selection or preference) · sv val (selection or preference) · fi valinta (selection or preference) · uk ви́бір (anything that can be chosen) · mi whiringa (selection or preference) · cs možnost (selection or preference) · grc ἐκλογή (selection or preference) · be вы́бар (anything that can be chosen) · pt escolha (option or decision) · ckb ئارەزوو (selection or preference) · el επιλογή (selection or preference) · kk таңдау (option or decision) · fi valinta (option or decision) · cy dewis (option or decision) · de Auswahl (anything that can be chosen) · it scelta (option or decision) · be вы́бар (option or decision) · mi kōwhitinga (anything that can be chosen) · pl wybór (anything that can be chosen) · sw chaguo (option or decision) · ckb سەرتڵ (option or decision) · ckb سەرتڵ (anything that can be chosen) · szl wybier (selection or preference) · pt escolha (anything that can be chosen) · wa tchoi (option or decision) · ru вы́бор (option or decision) · es escogitación (option or decision) · hi विकल्प (anything that can be chosen) · ckb بژارە (option or decision) · sh ìzbor (option or decision) · mt għażla (option or decision) · mi whiringa (anything that can be chosen) · zdj mtsauo (selection or preference) · ms opsyen (option or decision) · sq zgjedhje (option or decision) · he בְּחִירָה (selection or preference) · es escogimiento (option or decision) · ro alegere (option or decision) · it ottimo (definite: best or most preferable part) · lo ທາງເລືອກ (option or decision) · es escogencia (option or decision) · nl keuze (option or decision) · fr choix (selection or preference) · ota اختیار (option or decision) · hi चयन (selection or preference) · cmn 上等的 (definite: best or most preferable part) · ur اِنْتِخاب (option or decision) · mi kōwhitinga (option or decision) · ga rogha (option or decision) · lt rinkinys (option or decision) · fa-ira پَسَنْد (selection or preference) · fr choix (option or decision) · gd taghadh (definite: best or most preferable part) · sk možnosť (selection or preference) · ko 선택 (selection or preference) · az seçim (option or decision) · hi विकल्प (option or decision) · et valik (selection or preference) · ga toghadh (selection or preference) · hy ընտրություն (option or decision) · sv val (option or decision) · wa tchuze (selection or preference) · nn val (option or decision) · es selección (option or decision) · grc ἐκλογή (option or decision) · fi vaihtoehto (selection or preference) · es escogimiento (selection or preference) · es elección (selection or preference) · cs volba (option or decision) · fi eliitti (definite: best or most preferable part) · eo elekto (selection or preference) · et valik (option or decision) · ga rogha (definite: best or most preferable part) · cmn 選擇 /选择 (selection or preference) · sk voľba (selection or preference) · th ทางเลือก (option or decision) · qu akllay (selection or preference) · wa tchuze (option or decision) · ka არჩევა (option or decision) · ar خِيَار (option or decision) · km ជម្រើស (option or decision) · lv izvēle (option or decision) · pt escolha (selection or preference) · eo elekto (option or decision) · uk ви́бір (selection or preference) · grc αἵρεσις (option or decision) · es escogencia (selection or preference) · cs výběr (option or decision) · si තේරීම (option or decision) · ko 선택 (option or decision) · fi vaihtoehto (anything that can be chosen) · cs volba (selection or preference) · gd roghainn (selection or preference) · sl izbira (option or decision) · mba pilion (anything that can be chosen) · da valg (option or decision) · af keuse (selection or preference) · fo val (option or decision) · es selección (selection or preference) · nan-hbl 選擇 /选择 (option or decision) · it scelta (selection or preference) · el επιλογή (anything that can be chosen) · ru вы́бор (anything that can be chosen) · fa-ira گُزینِه (option or decision) · gd taghadh (selection or preference) · ru вы́бор (selection or preference) · ko 선택지 (anything that can be chosen) · tr seçim (option or decision) · ga togha (definite: best or most preferable part) · da valg (selection or preference) · pl wybór (selection or preference) · ko 선택 (anything that can be chosen) · bg и́збор (option or decision) · la delectus (option or decision) · is val (option or decision) · de Wahl (selection or preference) · lt pasirinkimas (option or decision) · ky тандоо (option or decision) · es escogitación (selection or preference) · ja 最適な (definite: best or most preferable part) · szl wybier (option or decision) · eu aukera (option or decision) · fr choix (anything that can be chosen) · sl izbȋra (selection or preference) · pl wybór (option or decision) · sv urval (anything that can be chosen) · fa-ira بَرْگُزیدِه (anything that can be chosen) · hi चुनाव (option or decision) · ur اِخْتِیار (option or decision) · ckb بژارە (anything that can be chosen) · ja 選択 (option or decision) · ja 選択 (selection or preference) · nl keuzemogelijkeheid (option or decision) · de Wahl (option or decision) · af keuse (option or decision) · el επιλογή (option or decision) · grc αἵρεσις (selection or preference) · pl wybór (definite: best or most preferable part) · he ברירה \ בְּרֵרָה (option or decision) · es opción (option or decision) · ja 選択肢 (anything that can be chosen) · es decisión (option or decision) · uz tanlash (option or decision) · cmn 選項 /选项 (anything that can be chosen) · fa-ira بَرْگُزیدِه شُدِه (anything that can be chosen) · la optiō (option or decision) · sl možnost (selection or preference) · ur پَسَنْد (selection or preference) · fi vaihtoehto (option or decision) · gd taghadh (option or decision) · fi valikoima (option or decision) · ms pilihan (option or decision) · es escogida (option or decision) · hi चयन (anything that can be chosen) · fa-ira گُزینِه (selection or preference) · nb valg (option or decision) · mi whiringa (option or decision) · ca tria (option or decision) · km ជំរើស (option or decision) · cmn 選擇 /选择 (option or decision) · mi pūharu (definite: best or most preferable part) · it ottima (definite: best or most preferable part) · da bedste del (definite: best or most preferable part) · nb valg (selection or preference) · sh ѝзбор (option or decision) · es escogida (selection or preference) · ga rogha (selection or preference) · ga rogha (anything that can be chosen) · da valg (anything that can be chosen) · gd taghadh (anything that can be chosen) · ang cyre (option or decision) · nl keuze (selection or preference) · ug تاللاش (option or decision) · mn сонголт (option or decision) · yue 選擇 /选择 (option or decision) · yi ברירה (option or decision) · bg и́збор (selection or preference) · wa sôre (anything that can be chosen) · hu választás (option or decision) · uk ви́бір (option or decision) · mfe swa (option or decision) · fa-ira اِنْتِخاب (option or decision) · ota اختیار (selection or preference) · es elección (option or decision) · mk и́збор (option or decision) · sv sortiment (anything that can be chosen) · sv den/det bästa (definite: best or most preferable part) · enm chois (option or decision) · yue 選擇 /选择 (selection or preference) · el εκλογή (selection or preference) · be вы́бар (selection or preference)