choice

How to use choice in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for choice.

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Thanks grannyg00se and untog for pointing out my "less than best choice of words".

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Quick take

the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of choice gathered in one view.

noun

the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"

noun

the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

noun

one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for choice.

noun

the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"

noun

the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

noun

one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse"

adjective

of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"

adjective

appealing to refined taste; "choice wine"

Example sentences

Thanks grannyg00se and untog for pointing out my "less than best choice of words".

> Where do you go after you exhaust HN?My editor of choice to get some work done.

If you choose to 'come out' of your office and engage with the family then that is your choice.

Spending $2k on SSDs is not a wise choice, and throwing more money after them is not wise either.

Note that this isn't even by choice -- if we don't take action, then we look like we are tacitly encouraging it.

If users are "choosing" to install these things, it's unclear to me how informed or aware of a choice they're making.

She needs to feel what it's like to be in a no-win situation herself, with the choice being resignation or getting fired.

As a result, if Tim doesnt meet with each one of his employees in the next 24 hours, I will have no choice but to fire him and to fire you.

Maybe, his advice is actually more relevant if he's an older fellow who smoked and now regrets not making a different choice when he was your age.

They wanted 50ns realtime responses and I had to keep explaining to them that SCO Unix was not an RT OS but they were cornered into the OS by contract and had no choice.

Epic: "But the chain of logic from 'Linux is about choice' to 'ship everything and let the user chose how they want their sound to not work' starts with fallacy and ends with disaster.

" Harkens back to the earlier discussion in the interview about the 'self-censorship' pyramid for journalists.- Journalists should give all of their source data, not just choice quotes, so that people can make up their own minds.

I can now bounce around CEO and President positions for a while...spending a year or two at each place, strike enough good compensation deals to make me rich and eventually buy myself into a few choice board positions.