From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfirst choicefirst choiceBESTthe thing or person you like best John was our first choice as a name for the baby. → first
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first choice• Parents choosing schools for their children are rarely given their first choice.• Carbamazepine is the drug of first choice.• Holly again would be my first choice.• Brittany was our first choice as a name for the baby.• Some parents do have the luck to settle on their first choice, as we did.• Atkins was the producers' first choice for the part of the maid.• According to some sources Goh was not Lee's first choice for the succession; at least one other minister reportedly declined the post.• Their first choice is not always available but the week should achieve the aim of broadening their horizons and their experience.• Loose powder is the first choice of makeup artists because it's lighter than pressed and just disappears into your skin.• Twenty-six percent of the students said that teaching was their first choice of occupations.• Because of its superior contrast capabilities magnetic resonance imaging is the current first choice technique for assessing instability of the cervical spine. 