choice

Pronunciation: /tʃɔɪs/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the person or thing chosen or selected
  2. noun the act of choosing or selecting
  3. noun one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

pick, selection

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
decision making
Narrower (hyponyms)
pleasure, way, favorite

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