CHOICE

Choice

Choice consists of the mental process of judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one or more of them. While a choice can be made between imagined options, often a choice is made between real options and followed by the corresponding action. For example, a route for a journey is chosen based on the preference of arriving at a given destination as soon as possible. The preferred route is then derived from information about how long each of the possible routes take. This can be done by a route planner. If the preference is more complex, such as involving the scenery of the route, cognition and feeling are more intertwined, and the choice is less easy to ...

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choice

Noun

  1. An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
    Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?
  2. One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
    The ice cream sundae is a popular choice for dessert.
  3. Anything that can be chosen.
  4. The best or most preferable part.
  5. Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination.
  6. A sufficient number to choose among.

Adjective

  1. Especially good or preferred.
    It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there.
  2. Cool; excellent.
    Choice! I'm going to the movies.


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