choice
- adjective
- /tʃɔɪs/
:
selecto
- This restaurant only serves choice cuts of meat to its customers.
Examples
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We bought some choice apples at the farmer’s market.
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They selected a choice selection of cheeses for the party platter.
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This is a choice selection.
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What a choice gift!
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This restaurant only serves choice cuts of meat to its customers.
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They selected a choice selection of cheeses for the party platter.
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We bought some choice apples at the farmer’s market.
Synonyms
807
3.8
Of the best quality and most important
68
2.7
Very good and done with care
38
3.6
Of the highest quality and better than most similar things
27
3.5
Made well so it lasts a long time
14
4.4
Very high quality and among the best
9
3.8
Very high quality and lasts a long time
8
3.7
Very good quality and better than most others
4
4.1
Carefully picked to suit a situation or purpose
3
3.7
Of the highest quality, better than others like it
Chosen from a group because they are best or most suitable
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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3.3
Of questions that give several answer choices for you to pick the correct one
- Jargon
1
8.8
A baseball play where a player tries to put out a runner trying to advance, letting the batter reach first
- Formal
1
6.2
A decision about medical care when a person is near death, whether to continue life-saving treatment or focus on comfort
A belief that women's personal choices are the main way to get power and freedom rather than change in society
A small striped fish that lives near coasts from Florida to Brazil and in the Gulf of Mexico
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Choice, used as an adjective, comes from the same root choose and means 'selected' or 'picked out', so a choice item is one specially chosen as the best.