[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/choice/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) / choice # choice noun (a choice, choices); adjective (choice — high quality, rare) «choice» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A choice is a decision to pick one thing or action from several. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#m3) 4. Your choice is the thing you chose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#m4) ### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#x1) - That was a good choice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#x2) - Make the safe choice and wear your helmet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#x3) - The shop has a big choice of games. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#x4) - I had no choice but to walk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#x5) - Pick one answer in the multiple-choice test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#x6) - It's your choice what you read. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/#x7) - Being kind is always a good choice. [tree →](https://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 Jewish tradition In the Torah it can mean "best" or "finest," as in the "choice vine," and it can also mean a selecting. In Proverbs it describes the best silver and gold, and wisdom is said to be worth more than choice gold. **Interpretation.** Jacob's blessing of Judah describes wine and vines in a rich land. Commentators take this as a sign of the plenty of Judah's future. Proverbs is read as teaching that wisdom and knowledge are worth more than any riches. ### Examples - Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washeth his garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes; (Torah GEN.49.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/choice/#x1) - 'Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.' (Torah GEN.23.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/choice/#x2) - Midrash Tanchuma 1:5 on \[Genesis 1:1\], Zohar 1:3a inter alia.\] \[note 8: Though the phrase is usually translated the ‘Thirty-Two Paths’, I find that the alliteration of ‘Wondrous Ways of Wisdom’ neatly approximates the SY’s choice of poetic vocabulary. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/choice/#x3) - Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold. (Writings PRO.8.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/choice/#x4) - My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my produce than choice silver. (Writings PRO.8.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/choice/#x5) - The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth. (Writings PRO.10.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/choice/#x6) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «choice» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choice/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«choice» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/choice.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «choice» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/choice/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«choice» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/choice.html) on Mova free.