{
  "id": "choice.decision",
  "term": "choice",
  "sense": "decision",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 9,
  "arena": "EmergenceLexicon",
  "domain": "everyday concept",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "an option that is selected among other options",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "options.choice",
      "select.choice"
    ],
    "interaction": "the option is selected among other options",
    "novel_properties": [
      "personal preference",
      "commitment to act"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Mars rover Opportunity executed a pre-programmed course correction when its solar charge dropped below 22 volts.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "In 2008, Iceland's government chose to let Kaupthing Bank fail rather than bail it out.",
      "domain": "economics"
    },
    {
      "text": "A neuron fires when membrane potential reaches −55 mV, overriding other possible ion channel states.",
      "domain": "biology"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "options.choice",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "choose.decision",
    "decision.cognitive",
    "executive.role",
    "instead.alternative",
    "menu.list"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "choice",
    "choices"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-choice.decision"
}