"first choice" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: first choices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} first choice (plural first choices)
  1. The most suitable and most optimal choice. Translations (best choice): premier choix (French), erste Wahl [feminine] (German), prima scelta [feminine] (Italian), förstaval [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-first_choice-en-noun-xsJZ2A81 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 14 11 Disambiguation of 'best choice': 88 9 3
  2. The prime cut.
    Sense id: en-first_choice-en-noun-aCtqI9wJ
  3. The one with the highest ranking.
    Sense id: en-first_choice-en-noun-zZMed1xX

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for first choice meaning in English (1.6kB)

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