choice

Roget-categorie 609

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.1. Volition in general
›› 5.1.1. Acts of volition

#609. Choice

zelfstandig naamwoord

choice, option — discretion etc. (volition) 600 — preoption^† — alternative — dilemma, embarras de choix [Fr.] — adoption, cooptation^† — novation^† — decision etc. (judgment) 480.
election — political election (politics) 737.1. selection, excerption, gleaning, eclecticism — excerpta^†, gleanings, cuttings, scissors and paste — pick etc. (best) 650.
preference, prelation^†, opinion poll, survey — predilection etc. (desire) 865.

werkwoord

offers one's choice, set before — hold out the alternative, present the alternative, offer the alternative — put to the vote.
use option, use discretion, exercise option, exercise discretion, one's option — adopt, take up, embrace, espouse — choose, elect, opt for — take one's choice, make one's choice — make choice of, fix upon.
vote, poll, hold up one's hand — divide.
settle — decide etc. (adjudge) 480 — list etc. (will) 600 — make up one's mind etc. (resolve) 604.
select — pick and choose — pick out, single out — cull, glean, winnow — sift the chaff from the wheat, separate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat — pick up, pitch upon — pick one's way — indulge one's fancy.
set apart, mark out for — mark etc. 550.
prefer — have rather, have as lief — fancy etc. (desire) 865 — be persuaded etc. 615.
take a decided step, take a decisive step — commit oneself to a course — pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon — cast in one's lot with — take for better or for worse.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

optional — discretional etc. (voluntary) 600.
eclectic — choosing etc. v. — preferential — chosen etc. v. — choice etc. (good) 648.

bijwoord

optionally etc. adj. — at pleasure etc. (will) 600 — either the one or the other — or at the option of — whether or not — once and for all — for one's money.
by choice, by preference — in preference — rather, before.

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