choice

English

/tʃɔɪs/

noun
Definitions
  • 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.
  • (usually) The best or most preferable part.
  • (obsolete) Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
  • (obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English chois borrowed from Old French chois (choice) derived from Latin *causīre derived from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taste, perceive, test, examine, make a choice, sample, prove, choose) derived from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną (taste, choose) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (choose, taste, enjoy, try) inherited from Old English ċīs root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (choose, taste, enjoy, try).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵews-

Gloss

choose, taste, enjoy, try

Concept
Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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