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Etymology

From Middle English chois, from Old French chois (“choice”), from choisir (“to choose, perceive”), possibly via assumed Vulgar Latin *causīre (“to choose”), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan, “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną, from *keusaną (“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose”). Akin to Old High German kiosan (“to choose”), Old English ċēosan (“to choose”), Old Norse kjósa (“to choose”). More at choose.

derived from *ǵews-✻ — “to choose”
derived from *kauzijaną✻
derived from 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 — “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”
derived from *causīre✻ — “to choose”
derived from chois — “choice”
inherited from chois

Definitions

1
An option
An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
- Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?
2
The power to choose.
- She didn't leave us much choice.
- For he is also the political leader of the nation, or has it in his choice to be.
3
One selection or preference
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.
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1. 4
  Anything that can be chosen.
  - You have three choices: vanilla, strawberry or chocolate.
2. 5
  The best or most preferable part.
  - The flower and choice / Of many provinces from bound to bound.
3. 6
  Care and judgement in selecting
  Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
  - I imagine they [the apothegms of Caesar] were collected with judgment and choice.
4. 7
  A sufficient number to choose among.
  - And, which is more, she is not so divine, / So full replete with choice of all delights
5. 8
  Ellipsis of axiom of choice.
  - 5. ZF* is the theory obtained from the aforementioned axiomatics (without choice) by adding the Axiom of Inaccessible Cardinals to be explained in the next secion; similarly, we get ZFC*.
6. 9
  Especially good or preferred.
  - It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there.
7. 10
  Careful in choosing
  Careful in choosing; discriminating.
  - Choice word, and measured phrase; above the reach / Of ordinary men; a stately speech;
  - 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.
8. 11
  Cool
  Cool; excellent.
  - "I'm going to the movies." —"Choice!"
9. A surname.
10. 13
  Acronym of Custom Health Option and Individual Care Expense
  - This provision permits employees enrolled in a CHOICE arrangement to use a salary reduction to pay for health plan premiums purchased through an Exchange.

The neighborhood

neighborchoose
neighborchoosey
neighborchosen

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at choice. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at choice. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at choice

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

Etymology

Definitions

The neighborhood

Derived

Vish — recursive loop