Word Meanings - CHOICE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to examine, kiusan to 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;
Additional info about word: CHOICE
choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to examine, kiusan to 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. 2. The power or opportunity of choosing; option. Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it. Hooker. 3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination. I imagine they were collected with judgment and choice. Bacon. 4. A sufficient number to choose among. Shak. 5. The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection. The common wealth is sick of their own choice. Shak. 6. The best part; that which is preferable. The flower and choice Of many provinces from bound to bound. Milton. To make a choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference. Syn. - See Volition, Option.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CHOICE)
- Alternative
- Choice
- resource
- opinion
- Dainty
- rare
- refined
- tasty
- exquisite
- luxurious
- epicurean
- Delicious
- Exquisite
- delightful
- dainty
- choice
- Elect
- Elite
- accepted
- chosen
- Election
- acceptance
- selection
- preference
Related words: (words related to CHOICE)
- ELECTRO-MUSCULAR
Pertaining the reaction of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it. - ACCEPTABLE
Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us. - CHOICE
1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable. My choicest hours of life are lost. Swift. 2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money. 3. Selected - OPINIONATOR
An opinionated person; one given to conjecture. South. - ELECTROTYPER
One who electrotypes. - ELECTREPETER
An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator. - TASTY
1. Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5. 2. Being in conformity to the principles of good taste; elegant; as, tasty furniture; a tasty dress. - ELECTRO-DYNAMIC; ELECTRO-DYNAMICAL
Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force. - ELECTRO-CAPILLARITY
The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by the action of an electrical current or charge. - ELECTRONIC
Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons. - ELECTRO-BIOLOGIST
One versed in electro-biology. - CHOICELY
1. With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference. "A band of men collected choicely, from each county some." Shak. 2. In a preferable or excellent manner; excellently; eminently. "Choicely good." Walton. - ELECTORATE
1. The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire. 2. The whole body of persons in a nation or state who are entitled to vote in an election, or any distinct class or division of them. The middle-class electorate - ELECTROLOGY
That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties. - ELECTRICIAN
An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity. - ELECTRO-CHRONOGRAPH
An instrument for obtaining an accurate record of the time at which any observed phenomenon occurs, or of its duration. It has an electro-magnetic register connected with a clock. See Chronograph. - ELECTROTYPE
A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively. Note: The face of an electrotype consists of a shell of copper, silver, or the like, produced by the action - ACCEPTOR
One who accepts; specifically , - ELECTRO-GILDING
The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity. - ELECTRO-POLAR
Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor. - ANELECTRIC
Not becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to idioelectric. -- n. - ACCEPT
To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange. Bouvier. 6. In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; bill , to agree to pay it when due. -- To accept service , to agree that a writ or - DELITESCENT
Lying hid; concealed. - ROSELITE
A hydrous arsenite of cobalt, occuring in small red crystals, allied to erythrite. - PREFINE
To limit beforehand. Knolles. - PYROELECTRICITY
Electricity developed by means of heat; the science which treats of electricity thus developed.