choice

Meaning

Noun

1. An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
2. The power to choose.
3. One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
4. Anything that can be chosen.
5. The best or most preferable part.
6. (obsolete) Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
7. (obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.
8. Ellipsis of axiom of choice.

Adj

1. Especially good or preferred.
2. (obsolete) Careful in choosing; discriminating.

Intj

Cool; excellent.

Synonyms

selection

option

alternative

election

pick

⛏️

select

preference

excellent

assortment

decision

superior

prime

range

choosing

adoption

exquisite

favorite

best

fine

chosen

taste

variety

choose

prize

liking

act of choosing

quality

will

wish

trade-off

possibility

picking out

set

discretion

selectness

list

elect

predilection

voting

picking

way

picked

picklock

precious

predisposition

private

proclivity

prospect

pure

quintessence

reading

recherche

resolution

resolving

secret ballot

selected

selective

special

stock

sundries

superlative

topper

tradeoff

upper-class

variant

variousness

version

volition

wale

whim

chosen one

druthers

wide variety

specially selected

safety stock

diagnosis

best of its kind

broad range

decision process

dialling recruitment

good

👍

alternatives

anima

aristocratic

banner

bias

candidate

caprice

change

concentration

contender

cull

dainty

decision-making

decisions

desirable

desire

determination

dialing

diversity

edulcorate

elite

eminent

exceptional

excerpts

extraordinary

first fruits

first rate

foremost

garbling

hand-picked

kind

leaning

like better

lottery

miscellaneousness

miscellany

ordinance

particular

penchant

pickings

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃɔɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: chois

Cognate with Old High German: kiosan

Cognate with Old English: ċēosan

Cognate with Old Norse: kjósa

Inherited from Middle English: choys

Inherited from Middle English: chyse

Inherited from Old English: ċīes

In summary

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.

Sentences

Taking the ferry was a wise choice .

Simple algorithms include random choice or round robin .