choice in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.choice [Am tʃɔɪs, Brit tʃɔɪs] N

1. choice C or U (act, option):

choice
elección f
freedom of choice
libertad f de elección
I had a free choice
me dejaron elegir
you have a choice: either you leave now or I call the police
una de dos: o se va ya o llamo a la policía
I had no choice but to obey
no tuve más remedio or alternativa que obedecer
to make one's choice
elegir
to make one's choice
escoger
doctors have to make hard choices sometimes
los médicos a veces tienen que tomar decisiones difíciles
by or from choice I'm single by choice
no me he casado porque no he querido or por decisión propia
I would never have taken this job from choice
si fuera por mí, jamás habría aceptado este trabajo
I don't work here out of choice
no es por (mi) gusto que trabajo aquí
you can take any two books of your choice
puede llevarse dos libros a elección

II.choice <choicer, choicest> [Am tʃɔɪs, Brit tʃɔɪs] ADJ

Hobson's choice [Am ˈhɑbsənz ˌtʃɔɪs, Brit ˈhɒbs(ə)nz] N

multiple-choice [Am ˈməltəpəl ˈˌtʃɔɪs, Brit mʌltɪp(ə)lˈtʃɔɪs] ADJ

pro-choice [Am proʊˈtʃɔɪs, Brit prəʊˈtʃɔɪs] ADJ

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judicious decision/choice
acertado
judicious decision/choice
sensato
consumer choice
posibilidad f de elección del consumidor
consumer choice
posibilidad f de opción del consumidor
consumer choice
elección f del consumidor
consumer choice
opción f del consumidor

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choice in the PONS Dictionary

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Hobson's choice [ˌhɒbsnzˈtʃɔɪs, Am ˌhɑ:b-] N

pro-choice [prəʊˈtʃɔɪs, Am proʊˈtʃɔɪs] ADJ POL

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choice Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to make a choice
elegir
to have no choice
no tener alternativa
she didn't have much choice
no tenía muchas opciones
a wide choice of sth
un amplio surtido de algo
given the choice ...
si pudiera elegir...
so I don't have any choice, I'll sell the car
pues no me queda otro remedio, venderé el coche
the choice is simple, either ... or ....
una de dos, o... o...
I had no choice but to put up with it
no tuve más remedio que tragar bilis
there was a clash over the choice of representative
hubo discordancias a la hora de elegir un representante
there is no choice but to ...
no tenemos [o no hay] más remedio que...
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English
A large percentage of the world's population has no choice but to survive on earnings from their own micro-enterprises.
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Dogs can be equally pernickety about their choice of sleeping quarters.
blogs.telegraph.co.uk
It is the choice -- sometimes willful, sometimes unconscious, often semiconscious -- to enter an "as if" world, to act "as if" facts are not facts because they are difficult to face.
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Interestingly, fundamentally novel approaches for model choice that incorporate quality control as an integral step in the process have recently been proposed.
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Feeding choice involves which plants a herbivore chooses to consume.
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Both have movies opening this week, his-and-her titles that present a fatal date-night choice of gonzo male action versus chick-flick romance.
www.macleans.ca
You had the choice of chips, new potatoes or jacket potato to accompany it and a choice of vegetables or salad.
www.shropshirestar.com
It is the treatment of choice for crusted scabies, and is often used in combination with a topical agent.
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Assuming the axiom of choice, the union of a countable set of countable sets is itself countable.
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Mate choice is typically displayed by females, but males can be choosy as well.
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