choice
US /tʃɔɪs/
Definition
the person or thing chosen or selected
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Customers have a choice of three colors for this jacket.
Word Family
Synonyms
- optionthe right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
- selectionthe act of choosing or selecting
- alternativeone of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
Collocations
- Easy make a sensible healthy food choiceto create, produce, or cause regarding a sensible healthy food choice
- Medium preferred top choice among corporate clientsto preferred top choice among corporate clients, meaning to like better; value more highly
- Hard faced with an agonizing Hobson's choiceto faced with an agonizing Hobson's choice, meaning to deal with (something unpleasant) head on
- Very Hard spoilt for choice amidst opulent luxury offeringsto spoilt for choice amidst opulent luxury offerings, meaning to make a mess of, destroy or ruin
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