choice

choice1 [ tʃɔıs ] noun ***

1. ) singular or uncount the opportunity or right to choose between different things:

Our aim is to provide greater choice for consumers.

have a/the choice: These people have the choice of whether to buy a house or rent one.

freedom of choice: Freedom of choice is very important to many people.

exercise choice (=choose): I think parents should be able to exercise some choice over what their children see on the Internet.

give someone the choice: If you were given the choice, would you prefer a cat or a dog?

choice between: Students have a choice between studying French or German.

personal/parental/consumer choice: The policy will limit parental choice rather than increase it.

a ) have no choice/have little choice if you have no choice or little choice, you have to do something:

I had no choice other than to accept what he said.

Many mothers have little choice but to work.

b ) leave someone (with) no choice to make someone feel that they must do something:

I was left with no choice but to report him.

2. ) count a decision to choose someone or something:

make a choice: He wants people to make their own choices.

choice of: Our childhood experiences can influence our choice of career.

choice between: He was facing a difficult choice between staying with his family or working abroad.

an informed choice (=a decision based on good information): The leaflet will enable you to make an informed choice about whether to go ahead with surgery.

a stark choice (=an unpleasant choice that you cannot avoid): Many poorer people are facing a stark choice between buying food or heating their homes.

a ) it's your choice/the choice is yours used for saying that you disagree with what someone else has decided:

It sounds completely crazy to me, but it's your choice.

b ) through no choice of someone's own used for saying that what has happened to someone was not decided or chosen by them

3. ) count a range of things that you can choose from:

choice of: The hotel has a well-run restaurant offering a good choice of dishes.

a wide choice: New York has a wide choice of plays and movies.

a ) one of the things you can choose from:

There are three choices of dessert on the menu.

4. ) count someone or something that you choose:

choice of: The top of a mountain was an unusual choice of location for a wedding.

an obvious/natural choice: Pitcher, now 56, was not an obvious choice for the job.

a good/popular/excellent choice: Disney World is a popular choice for a family vacation.

someone's first/second/number one etc. choice: I think Yale University would be my first choice.

a career/vacation choice: Parents are often crucial in determining their child's career choice.

the preferred choice: The polls indicate that Owen is the preferred choice among middle-income voters.

a ) of your choice something of your choice is the thing that you choose when you do not have any limits:

Winners will have the chance to dine out at a restaurant of their choice.

by choice

if you do something by choice, you do it because you want to and not because you have to:

She repeated that she was very comfortable and lived here by choice.

the something of choice

the thing that most people prefer to use in a particular situation:

Penicillin remains the drug of choice in treating this disease.

=> HOBSON'S CHOICE

choice

choice 2 [ tʃɔıs ] adjective

1. ) only before noun FORMAL of very high quality:

We select only the choicest ingredients.

2. ) choice language is very effective and often angry or rude:

choice words: With a few choice words he had destroyed all her confidence.