by choice
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3.1
- idiom
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por decisión propia
- The people you see outside the tube every day are there by choice.
- by choice or necessity
- by choice or circumstance
Apparently the one holiday where people actually wear masks by choice is now being cancelled.
- Apparently the one holiday where people actually wear masks by choice is now being cancelled.
- Like was, was that by choice or by circumstance?
- I hope you're all here by choice and not by chance.
- They were able to switch on empathy by choice.
- I'm trying to show people that I rent by choice.
- His move to Mexico was not entirely by choice.
- It's so like you said, I am child free by choice.
- I'm not going to Coachella this year by choice.
- So these people that we're going to talk about today did not get pregnant by choice.
- And some folks say he'll stop there either by choice or by the Ukrainian military with the support of the United States.
- And if you can either do one of two things, one, agree that I'm here by choice and decide to love it or decide to change it, those are your options.
- We did something by choice that was hard and difficult, and we got to meet the next best version of ourself.
- I think that that my thing has always been, and This is why it's been so interesting for me being single and celibate by choice over the last five years.
- I drank the entire summer by choice, really heavily.
- But you also have to tell yourself that in that moment, you are doing it by choice and you're doing it because you'll love it.
- This do you experience like anti-Semitism from an even different lens as a Jew by choice.
- So Tom, as you know, like I rent in Dallas and I rent in, you know, Florida and I'm a renter by choice.
Examples
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In fact, our entire staff at Concentric is unwired, all by choice.
Fiction book (1999) -
And there's no question that by choice, when there are other choices, imbues it with meaning that it might not otherwise have.
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I am where I am today by choice, not by chance, man.
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We are leaving by choice.
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Not that it's any of your business, but he is here by choice.
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Children were allowed to enter and exit the play area by choice.
Academic text (2009) -
I'm living like this by choice.
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I hope you're all here by choice and not by chance.
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We did something by choice that was hard and difficult, and we got to meet the next best version of ourself.
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I decided to live in the city by choice, enjoying each moment I spend here.
Synonyms
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3.7
To do something on purpose and with care
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1.6
By choice, not by accident
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3.4
You do something by choice, not because someone forces you
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3.1
In a way that someone does something on purpose, not by accident
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3.5
To do something on purpose
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4.0
On purpose as part of a plan
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7.4
In a careful way after thinking about what might happen
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7.7
On purpose to say or do something
In a way you choose after thinking about it
Antonyms
How Intentional
Surface Forms
Morphology
by + choice
The phrase combines 'by' (marking means/reason) with 'choice' (a decision), so the meaning 'intentionally; as a result of one's decision' follows directly from the constituents. This compositional, preposition + noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
By choice comes from the image of a person picking something from a group with their own hand, where by shows the way and choice is the pick. That's why it means 'on purpose' — you decided it yourself, not 'by accident' or because someone 'forced' you.