choice

/tʃɔɪs/

US pronunciation

American sound/tʃɔɪs/

choice

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Aw vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

US voice -> choice

Myanmar meaning

(n) ရွေးချယ်လိုက်သော သူ၊ အရာ။ ရွေးစရာများ။ (adj) လက်ရွေး။ ဂရုတစိုက် ရွေးချယ်ထား သော။

Full entry

choice /tʃↄÇs/ n

၁။ [C] ~ (between A and B) ရွေးချယ်မှု။ women forced to make a choice between family and career. အမျိုးသမီးများသည်မိသားစုအရေးနှင့် အလုပ်တာဝန်အရေး နှစ်ခုအနက် တစ်ခုခုကို မုချ ရွေးချယ်ကြရသည်။ ❍ We are faced with a difficult choice. တို့တော့ အရွေးရခက်နေပြီ။ ❍ What influenced you most in your choice of car? ကားကိုရွေးတဲ့အခါ ဘာကိုအဓိကထားသလဲ။
၂။ [U] ရွေးရန် အခွင့်အလမ်း။ If I had the choice, I would stop working tomorrow. ❍ He had no choice but to leave . ထွက်သွား ရန်မှတစ်ပါး အခြားမရှိ။ ❍ the choice of fish or meat as a main course ❍ I think you're making a mistake, but it's your choice!
၃။ [C] ရွေးချယ်စရာ။ You have several choices open to you.
၄။ [C] ရွေးချယ်လိုက်သော သူ၊ အရာ။ She wouldn't be my choice as manager. ❍ She's the obvious choice for the job. ❍ I don't like his choice of (ie the people he chooses as his) friends. ❍ The film was the critics' choice at Cannes this year. ❍ The colour wasn't my first choice.
၅။ [U] ရွေးစရာများ။
There's not much choice in the stores. See also hobson's choice
adj (-er , -est )
၁။ လက်ရွေး။
၂။ ဂရုတစိုက် ရွေးချယ်ထား သော။ She summed up the situation in a few choice phrases. ❍ (joc ) He used some pretty choice (ie rude or offensive) language!
❏ by choice [IDM ] ရွေးချယ်မှုအရ။ I wouldn't go there by choice.
❏ of one's choice [IDM ] နှစ်သက်ရာ။ ကြိုက်ရာ။ First prize in the competition will be a meal for two at the restaurant of your choice.

More examples

Our aim is to provide greater choice for consumers.
[have a/the choice] : These people have the choice of whether to buy a house or rent one.
[choice between] : Students have a choice between studying French or German.
[exercise choice] : I think parents should be able to exercise some choice over what their children see on the Internet.
[give someone the choice] : If you were given the choice, would you prefer a cat or a dog?
[freedom of choice] : Freedom of choice is very important for many people.
[personal/parental/consumer choice] : The policy will limit parental choice rather than increase it.
[choice between] : He was facing a difficult choice between staying with his family or working abroad.
[choice of] : Our childhood experiences can influence our choice of career.
[make a choice] : He wants people to make their own choices.
[an informed choice] : The leaflet will enable you to make an informed choice about whether to go ahead with surgery.
[a stark choice] : Many poorer people are facing a stark choice between buying food or heating their homes.
[choice of] : The hotel has a well-run restaurant offering a good choice of dishes.
[a wide choice] : London has a wide choice of cinemas and theatres.
There are three choices of dessert on the menu.
[choice of] : The top of a mountain was an unusual choice of venue for a wedding.
[a good/popular/excellent choice] : Greece is a popular choice for a family holiday.
[someone’s first/second/number one etc choice] : I think Edinburgh University would be my first choice.
[the preferred choice] : Research has shown that Owen is the preferred choice amongst middle-class voters.
[an obvious/natural choice] : Pitcher, now 56, was not an obvious choice for the job.
[a career/holiday choice] : Parents are often crucial in determining their child’s career choice.

Synonyms

option, alternative, selection, preference, pick, picking, 10, 24-karat, A-1, adoption, appraisal, assign, best, choosing, cull, cup of tea, decision, determination, discretion, discrimination, distinction, druthers, elect, election, elite, evaluation, excellent, exceptional, exclusive, exquisite, extract, favorite, finding, fine, first-class, free will, group, hand-picked, held responsible, high-quality, hold responsible, judgment, nice, opportunity, optimal, popular, precious, preferential, preferred, prime, prize, range, rare, rating, say, select, set, solid gold, special, substitute, superior, tabbed, top-drawer, uncommon, unusual, valuable, variety, verdict, volition, vote, weakness, winner

Antonyms

bad, common, hate, indecision, inferior, ordinary, poor, rejection, sad, unimportant, unrefined, worst