different between choice vs determination
choice
English
Alternative forms
- choise, choyse (both obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English chois, from Old French chois (“choice”), from choisir (“to choose, perceive”), possibly via assumed Vulgar Latin *caus?re (“to choose”), from Gothic ???????????????????????????? (kausjan, “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijan?, from *keusan? (“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ews- (“to choose”). Akin to Old High German kiosan (“to choose”), Old English ??osan (“to choose”), Old Norse kjósa (“to choose”). More at choose.
The adjectival meaning of "especially good, preferred, select" was likely influenced by Middle English chyse, chys, chis (“choice, excellent”), from Old English ??s, *??es (“choice; dainty; nice”), related to Old English ??osan (“to choose”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
choice (countable and uncountable, plural choices)
- An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
- Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?
- (uncountable) The power to choose.
- She didn't leave us much choice.
- 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.
- Anything that can be chosen.
- (usually with the) The best or most preferable part.
- (obsolete) Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Apophthegms
- I imagine they [the apothegms of Caesar] were collected with judgment and choice.
- 1757, Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, London: R. & J. Dodsley, Part I, Section I, p. 1,[2]
- We see children perpetually running from place to place to hunt out something new; they catch with great eagerness, and with very little choice, at whatever comes before them; their attention is engaged by every thing, because every thing has, in that stage of life, the charm of novelty to recommend it.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Apophthegms
- (obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.
Synonyms
- (selection or preference): option, possibility; see also Thesaurus:option
- (anything that can be chosen): assortment, range, selection
- (definite: best or most preferable part): the cream
- (sufficient number to choose among): abundance, profusion; see also Thesaurus:cornucopia
Derived terms
- choicy
- Hercules' choice
- Hobson's choice
- Sophie's choice
Related terms
- choose
- choosey
- chosen
Translations
Adjective
choice (comparative choicer or more choice, superlative choicest or most choice)
- Especially good or preferred.
- It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there.
- (obsolete) Careful in choosing; discriminating.
- 1856, J. R. Planché (tr.), Fairy Tales by the Countess d'Aulnoy, The Princess Carpillon:
- Thus musing, he ate nothing; the Queen, believing that it was in consequence of his having been unkindly received, loaded him with caresses; she herself handed him some exquisite fruits, of which she was very choice.
- 1856, J. R. Planché (tr.), Fairy Tales by the Countess d'Aulnoy, The Princess Carpillon:
Synonyms
- (especially good or preferred): prime, prize, quality, select, choicy
Translations
Interjection
choice
- (slang, New Zealand) Cool; excellent.
- "I'm going to the movies." —"Choice!"
See also
- choicy
References
- choice at OneLook Dictionary Search
- choice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- echoic
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determination
English
Etymology
From Middle English determinacion, determynacioun, from Old French determinacion, from Latin d?termin?ti?.Morphologically determine +? -ation
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??t??m??ne???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
determination (countable and uncountable, plural determinations)
- The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
- Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 13:
- So should that beauty which you hold in lease
- Find no determination: then you were
- Yourself again after yourself's decease ...
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 13:
- Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
- The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
- (countable) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
- (countable) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
- A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part
- (countable) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.
- The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
- The addition of a distinguishing feature to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.
- The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations
Danish
Noun
determination c (singular definite determinationen, plural indefinite determinationer)
- determination
Declension
Further reading
- “determination” in Den Danske Ordbog
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