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choice
(mass) | choice
- výberový, voľba, výber |
choice
(encz) | choice,lahůdkový adj: |
choice
(encz) | choice,tip n: Žaneta Veselková |
choice
(encz) | choice,volba n: Zdeněk Brož |
choice
(encz) | choice,výběr |
Choice
(gcide) | Choice \Choice\, a. [Compar. Choicer; superl. Choicest.]
1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior;
precious; valuable.
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My choicest hours of life are lost. --Swift.
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2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; --
used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.
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3. Selected with care, and due attention to preference;
deliberately chosen.
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Choice word measured phrase. --Wordsworth.
Syn: Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare;
chary; careful/
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Choice
(gcide) | Choice \Choice\ (chois), n. [OE. chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr.
choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to
examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G. kiesen. [root]46. Cf.
Choose.]
1. Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or
separating from two or more things that which is
preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one
thing to another; election.
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2. The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
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Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take
be so in our power that we might have refused it.
--Hooker.
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3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing
what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference;
discrimination.
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I imagine they [the apothegms of C[ae]sar] were
collected with judgment and choice. --Bacon.
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4. A sufficient number to choose among. --Shak.
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5. The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and
selected in preference to others; selection.
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The common wealth is sick of their own choice.
--Shak.
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6. The best part; that which is preferable.
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The flower and choice
Of many provinces from bound to bound. --Milton.
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To make a choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and
take in preference.
Syn: Syn. - See Volition, Option.
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choice
(wn) | choice
adj 1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize
carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn:
choice, prime(a), prize, quality, select]
2: appealing to refined taste; "choice wine"
n 1: the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for
mayor" [syn: choice, pick, selection]
2: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was
unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: choice,
selection, option, pick]
3: 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" [syn: option, alternative,
choice] |
CHOICE
(bouvier) | CHOICE. Preference either of a person or thing, to one of several other
persons or things. Election. (q.v.)
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by choice
(encz) | by choice,dobrovolně adv: Pino |
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