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by choice
by choice
due to conscious choice; on purpose. I do this kind of thing by choice. No one makes me do it. I didn't go to this college by choice. It was the closest one to home.
by choice
Deliberately, as a matter of preference. For example, No one told me to come; I'm here by choice. This expression replaced the earlier with choice, used from about 1500.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Koray | | - | Turkish |
| Aitor | | - | Basque |
| Donato | | do-NAH-to (Italian, Spanish) | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Delores | | də-LAWR-is | English |
| Shiv | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi |
| Lorenza | | - | Italian, Spanish |