choice
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Definitions & Usage
An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
(uncountable) The power to choose.
One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
Anything that can be chosen.
(obsolete) Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
(obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.
(set theory) Ellipsis of axiom of choice.
Especially good or preferred.
(obsolete) Careful in choosing; discriminating.
(slang, New Zealand) Cool; excellent.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.”
— 2012 January 25, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2012, page 74:
“For he is also the political leader of the nation, or has it in his choice to be.”
— 1907, Woodrow Wilson, Constitutional Government in the United States, page 68:
“The flower and choice / Of many provinces from bound to bound.”
— 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 3: