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tendency
English
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin tendere / tend?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?nd?nsi/
- Hyphenation: ten?den?cy
Noun
tendency (plural tendencies)
- A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
- (politics) An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
- 1974, James Boggs, Grace Lee Boggs, Revolution and Evolution, NYU Press ?ISBN, page 134
- Mao launched the struggle against the vulgar materialist tendency within the party as early as 1937.
- 1997, S. Onslow, Backbench Debate within the Conservative Party and its Influence on British Foreign Policy, 1948-57, Springer ?ISBN, page 234
- In stark contrast to the Europeanist tendency within the party and the Suez Group, this group had a short history.
- 2013, Richard Gillespie, Lourdes Lopez Nieto, Michael Waller, Factional Politics and Democratization, Routledge ?ISBN, page 83
- It reinforced the position of the conformist tendency within the party, since the majority of the candidates were old politicians, many of them members of Papandreou's centre-left CU faction back in the mid-1960s.
- 1974, James Boggs, Grace Lee Boggs, Revolution and Evolution, NYU Press ?ISBN, page 134
Synonyms
- inclination
- disposition
- propensity
- penchant
- trend
Derived terms
- multitendency
Translations
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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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