Meaning

2 senses
  1. Especially good or preferred.

    It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there.

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  2. (obsolete)Careful in choosing; discriminating.

More definitions
  • of superior grade
  • appealing to refined taste

Examples

1759 sentences
  1. I don't have any other choice.

    У мене немає іншого вибору. — deniko

    ruУ меня нет иного выбора. — soweli_Elepanto

    deIch habe keine andere Wahl. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I'm afraid I have no choice.

    Боюся, я не маю вибору. — deniko

    ruБоюсь, у меня нет выбора. — marafon

    deIch fürchte, mir bleibt keine andere Wahl. — Sudajaengi

  3. You need to make a choice.

    Ти маєш зробити вибір. — shanghainese

    ruТы должен сделать выбор. — Selena777

  4. We've got to make a choice.

    Ми маємо зробити вибір. — rmdas

    ruМы должны сделать выбор. — Ooneykcall

    deWir müssen eine Wahl treffen. — brauchinet

  5. We really don't have a choice.

    У нас насправді немає вибору. — deniko

    ruУ нас действительно нет выбора. — TheWyld

    deEs bleibt uns wirklich nichts anderes übrig. — raggione

Translations

7 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
especially good or preferred:

Origin

From Middle English choys, from a merger of the noun above and Middle English chyse, chuse

From Middle English choys, from a merger of the noun above and Middle English chyse, chuse, chys, chis (“choice, excellent”), from Old English ċīes (“choice; dainty; nice”), related to Old English ċēosan (“to choose”).

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Forms

choicer/more choice, choicest/most choice
Comparativechoicer / more choice Lesson
Superlativechoicest / most choice Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedchoiceness

Collocations

12 patterns
  • had no choice
  • no choice but
  • no choice
  • choice but to
  • choice but
  • have a choice
  • no other choice
  • other choice
  • have any choice
  • the right choice
  • any other choice
  • have much choice

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
choice — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto