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# choice

«choice» in Mova's school dictionary: **a decision to pick one thing or action from several** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a choice, choices); adjective (choice — high quality, rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A choice is a decision to pick one thing or action from several. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#m1)

2) A choice is the chance or right to choose: «You have a choice». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#m2)

3) Choice means the range of things you can choose from: «a big choice of books». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#m3)

4) Your choice is the thing you chose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school tests, «multiple choice» questions give several answers and you pick the right one. In feelings and behaviour lessons, children learn that they make choices and choices have results: «make good choices». In safety, the safe choice is the one to pick when unsure. Phrases: «make a choice», «have no choice», «by choice», «the right choice», «spoilt for choice» (too many good options).

### examples

- You have a choice: apples or bananas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#x1)
- That was a good choice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#x2)
- Make the safe choice and wear your helmet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#x3)
- The shop has a big choice of games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#x4)
- I had no choice but to walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#x5)
- Pick one answer in the multiple-choice test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#x6)
- It's your choice what you read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#x7)
- Being kind is always a good choice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#x8)

### note

The verb is «choose» (choose, chose, chosen). Do not confuse «choice» (noun) with «choose» (verb): «I choose», «my choice». Countable: choices. In maths problems «a choice of 3 drinks and 2 snacks» gives 3 × 2 = 6 possible pairs.

### In the corpora

- [Families have hard choices to make: a carer at home, a care home, or looking after Grandma themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help/3/)
- [Children are usually welcome at funerals, and it is their choice whether to go.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/6/)
- [Family arguments about politics are very common, because big choices affect everybody and people's views come from their own lives.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/12/)
- [Knowing how money, work and choices really work now makes the big steps much less scary later.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/5/)
- [A headline word like «Megxit» or «snub» makes a complicated choice sound simple and nasty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «choice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.