Meanings
prepositional phrase
- idiomaticpreferred above others.
Once the cyst is diagnosed, surgical excision is the treatment of choice.
2010 May, Estiel Meyer with Wakisal Mulwafu, Johannes Fagan, Robin Brown, and Kathryn Taylor, “Ectopic thymic tissue presenting as a neck mass in children: A report of 3 cases.”, in ENT: Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, volume 89, number 5, page 2282 more examples
Yesterday spears were the weapon of choice in the North Rift; today they are being replaced by the Kalashnikov and rocket-fired grenade.
2005 Autumn, Sidney L. Kasfir, “Narrating Trauma as Modernity”, in African Arts, volume 38, number 3, page 66"The Doors of Perception," as Aldous Huxley called them, had opened wide, and LSD became the drug of choice.
2006 Summer, Nicholas Delbanco, “Spring and Fall”, in The Southern Review, volume 42, number 3, page 536
Translations
French de choix
- de choixpreferred above others
German der Wahl
- der Wahlpreferred above others
Spanish de cabecera
- de cabecerapreferred above others
Vietnamese nên chọn
- nên chọnpreferred above others
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APA
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MLA
“of choice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/of%20choice. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “of choice,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/of%20choice.
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