v
Obsolete spelling of begin [(transitive, intransitive) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.]
n
The need to make a decision between alternatives that are both desirable.
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The selection of desirable items and rejection of undesirable ones in order to obtain an advantage or present something in the best possible light.
n
An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
adj
Having the opportunity to choose or make choices; abounding in choices
n
Obsolete spelling of choice [An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.]
n
Something that may be chosen; an option or alternative.
v
To prefer; to wish; to desire.
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(idiomatic, slang, often imperative) To select something as one's preferred choice from a set of related things, people etc.
adj
Alternative spelling of choosy [Taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements.]
adj
Taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements.
n
Obsolete spelling of choice [An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.]
n
(game theory) Synonym of divide and choose
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(transitive, intransitive) to resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
n
(obsolete) Means of forming a decision.
n
The process of reaching a decision.
n
alternative form of decision making [The process of reaching a decision.]
adj
Able to decide or determine.
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An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.
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A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
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To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
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(obsolete) Choice; preference.
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(intransitive, construed with against) To make decisions based on prejudice.
v
to narrow the field of choices, especially, to choose a supplier from candidates under consideration
n
(rare) An eclectic selection.
n
Something that is an option or may be freely chosen, especially a course of study.
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The condition of being elective
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judgmental; tending to reduce a thing to a simple evaluation.
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(by extension) A matter left to the addressee's judgement to decide.
v
(transitive) To make a favorite of; to give preference to.
adj
Preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified).
n
The most suitable and most optimal choice.
n
First choice, preference.
v
(transitive) To prefer; choose in preference.
v
(transitive) To decree; ordain; appoint.
n
A decisionmaker's conception of what will happen as the outcome of a decision.
v
To favor, accept; to have a preference for.
adj
Desired; desirable; of choice.
n
The choice of taking either the primary option or nothing.
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(law) An introductory statement of facts or background information.
adj
(psychology) Denoting a measure that forces an individual to choose among multiple desirable options.
n
(obsolete) The act of reading.
n
A decision about one's life, especially an important one.
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(intransitive) To decide.
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An act or instance of nominating.
adj
Making a selection or nomination; choosing.
n
The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.
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(intransitive) To choose; select.
adj
The property of having to choose explicitly to join or permit something; a decision having the default option being exclusion or avoidance; used particularly with regard to mailing lists and advertising.
adj
Of a selection, the property of having to choose explicitly to avoid or forbid something; a decision having the default option being inclusion or permission; used particularly with regard to mailing lists and advertisement.
n
One who opts, or makes a choice.
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One of a set of choices that can be made.
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An action (or series of actions) that, when performed, automatically selects a preferred outcome of several possible outcomes, depending on the actions of other actors.
n
A choice; ability to choose.
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(idiomatic) The best person or item in a group; the best that one has to offer.
adj
Characterised by picking and choosing, or by being picky; selective.
n
The act of making contingency plans.
n
Alternative form of purpresture [The unlawful personal appropriation of public lands; wrongful encroachment on, or enclosure of properties belonging to the public (e.g. highways, sidewalks, forests, harbors).]
adj
(law) Having the force of precedent.
n
The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of")
n
(sciences) That which is preferred.
adj
Of or relating to the showing or giving of preference.
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Alternative form of preferrer [A person who likes one thing more than another; a person who favours something.]
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(very rare, nonstandard, nonce word) A preferer, someone that prefers or chooses (one thing over another).
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(now rare) The fact of preferring something; preference.
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Obsolete form of prefer. [(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.]
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(computing, informal) preferences
n
The process of preparing a person to be amenable to persuasion.
n
(law) Alternative spelling of preponderance of the evidence [(law) A legal standard, applied in many jurisdictions for deciding the outcome of civil disputes, which requires that evidence be sufficient to determine that a claim is more likely to be true than not.]
n
One who presumes, especially in an arrogant way.
adj
Archaic spelling of preferable. [Better than some other option; preferred.]
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Obsolete form of prevail. [(intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.]
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(politics, often attributively) Any voting system in which voters rank their candidates (or options) in order of preference on their ballots.
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The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
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Consumer preference as inferred from purchasing habits according to a theory invented by American economist Paul A. Samuelson.
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An attempt to come to conclusions despite incomplete information and possibly due to a preexisting bias.
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(obsolete or dialectal, Britain) The right time or occasion for something, an opportune moment, season
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The result of a selection process
adj
That have been selected or chosen.
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The property of being selected.
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A person who is selected.
adj
(chiefly US, not comparable) Having the authority or capability to make a selection.
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The group of people involved in making a selection, e.g. to select a party's candidate for an election.
adj
(especially cricket) Relating to selection.
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(uncommon) A selectman or selectwoman.
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a list of candidates selected from a longer list, and from which one or more successful candidates are in turn selected.
adj
Chosen by sortition: selected by drawing lots.
adj
Alternative form of spoilt for choice [Having such a selection of good choices that deciding which one to pick is difficult.]
adj
Having such a selection of good choices that deciding which one to pick is difficult.
adj
Chosen through superselection.
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Personal preference; liking; predilection.
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(informal) That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.)
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(chiefly US, idiomatic) A choice or judgment which is difficult to make, especially one involving only two alternatives.
adj
(by extension) Selective; only choosing what one likes or desires.
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