CHOOSE THE LEAST OF TWO ILLS

Meaning of CHOOSE THE LEAST OF TWO ILLS in English

choose the lesser of two evils, choose the least bad choice

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

TWO — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) two groups step for two Two Sicilies Kingdom of the
Английский словарь Британика
TWO — I. ˈtü adjective Etymology: Middle English twa, two, adjective & pron., from Old English twā (feminine & neuter); akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAST — I. ˈlēst adjective Etymology: Middle English leest, from Old English lǣst; akin to Old Frisian lērest least; superl. corresponding to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHOOSE — I. ˈchüz verb ( chose ˈchōz ; cho·sen ˈchōz ə n ; or obs chose ; choosing ; chooses ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ILLS — plural of ill
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAST — (a.) Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least …
Английский словарь Webster
CHOOSE — (v. t.) To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; …
Английский словарь Webster
LEAST — ( a. ) Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHOOSE — ( v. t. ) To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TWO — /tooh/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, 1 plus 1. 2. a symbol for this number, as 2 or II. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAST — /leest/ , adj., a superl. of little with less or lesser as compar. 1. smallest in size, amount, degree, etc.; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHOOSE — — choosable , adj. — chooser , n. /choohz/ , v. , chose; chosen or ( Obs. ) chose; choosing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TWO — I. ˈtü adjective Etymology: Middle English twa, two, from Old English twā (feminine & neuter); akin to Old English twēgen …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEAST — I. ˈlēst adjective, superlative of (I) little Etymology: Middle English leest, from Old English lǣst, superlative of lǣssa less Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHOOSE — verb ( chose ˈchōz ; cho·sen ˈchō-z ə n ; choos·ing ˈchü-ziŋ) Etymology: Middle English chosen, from Old English cēosan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TWO — noun one and one; twice one. 2. two ·noun a symbol representing two units, as 2, ii., or ii. 3. …
Webster English vocab
LEAST — conj ·see lest, ·conj 2. least ·adv in the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, …
Webster English vocab
CHOOSE — vi to do otherwise. 2. choose ·vi to make a selection; to decide. 3. choose ·vt to wish; to desire; …
Webster English vocab
TWO — [two] adj [ME twa, two, fr. OE twa (fem. & neut.); akin to OE twegen two (masc.), tu (neut.), OHG …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEAST — [least] adj, superlative of [1]little [ME leest, fr. OE laest, superl. of laessa less] (bef. 12c) 1: lowest in importance …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHOOSE — [choose] vb chose ; cho.sen ; choos.ing [ME chosen, fr. OE ceosan; akin to OHG kiosan to choose, L gustare …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TWO — / tuː; NAmE / number 2 HELP NOTE : There are examples of how to use numbers at the entry …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAST — / liːst; NAmE / determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ determiner , pronoun (usually the least ) smallest in size, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHOOSE — / tʃuːz; NAmE / verb ( chose / tʃəʊz; NAmE tʃoʊz/, chosen / ˈtʃəʊzn; NAmE ˈtʃoʊzn/) 1. choose (between A …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TWO — two /tuː/ BrE AmE number [ Language: Old English ; Origin: twa ] 1 . the number 2: I’ll be …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEAST — I. least 1 S1 W1 /liːst/ BrE AmE determiner , pronoun 1 . at least a) not less than a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHOOSE — choose S1 W1 /tʃuːz/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense chose /tʃəʊz $ tʃoʊz/, past participle chosen /ˈtʃəʊz ə n …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TWO — n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than one; the sum of one unit and another unit. 2 a symbol …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAST — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 smallest, slightest, most insignificant. 2 (prec. by the; esp. with neg.) any at all …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHOOSE — v. (past chose; past part. chosen) 1 tr. select out of a greater number. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by between, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TWO — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than one; the sum of one unit and another unit. 2 a symbol …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAST — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 smallest, slightest, most insignificant. 2 (prec. by the; esp. with neg.) any at all …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHOOSE — v. (past chose; past part. chosen) 1 tr. select out of a greater number. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by between, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TWO — n. & adj. --n. 1. one more than one; the sum of one unit and another unit. 2 a symbol …
Oxford English vocab
LEAST — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. smallest, slightest, most insignificant. 2 (prec. by the; esp. with neg.) any at all …
Oxford English vocab
CHOOSE — v. (past chose; past part. chosen) 1. tr. select out of a greater number. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by between, …
Oxford English vocab
TWO — ( twos) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Two is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAST — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Least' is often considered to be …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHOOSE — ( chooses, choosing, chose, chosen) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TWO — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 3 feet/1 cm/two inches etc thick ▪ The walls are about two meters thick. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEAST — I. determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES at least one occasion (= once, and probably more than once ) ▪ On …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHOOSE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES arbitrarily chosen ▪ an arbitrarily chosen number carefully planned/chosen/controlled etc ▪ carefully chosen words choose …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TWO — [determiner], [pronoun], [noun] [plural] twos - (the number) 2They've got two houses.He's got two leather jackets already.I spent two years …
Cambridge English vocab
LEAST — [adverb] [not gradable], determiner, [pronoun] - less than anything or anyone else, the smallest amount or numberThis group is the …
Cambridge English vocab
ILLS — [plural] [noun]There seems to be no cure for Britain's economic/social ills (= problems).
Cambridge English vocab
CHOOSE — [verb] [past simple] chose, [past participle] chosen - to decide (what you want) from a range of things or possibilitiesAll …
Cambridge English vocab
TWO — n. two groups step for two Two Sicilies Kingdom of the
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TWO — Synonyms and related words : biform, bifurcated, bilateral, bipartisan, bipartite, both, brace, couple, couplet, dichotomous, distich, double, double harness, doublet, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHOOSE — Synonyms and related words : adopt, aim at, be desirous of, choose to, choosy, co-opt, command, covet, crave, cull, decide, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TWO — See: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, TWO CENTS, BIRD IN THE HAND IS …
Slang English vocab
LEAST — See: AT LEAST, IN THE LEAST, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE.
Slang English vocab
TWO — n. two handed two time two wheeler
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CHOOSE — verb ADVERB ▪ carefully , wisely ▪ He chose his words carefully. ▪ freely ▪ They can ~ freely from …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TWO — INDEX: 1. two 2. two people 3. two things of the same type that are used together 4. each one …
Longman Activator English vocab
LEAST — See ↑ LEAST 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ last but not least • ↑ not in the least • ↑ the …
Longman Activator English vocab
LEAST — INDEX: 1. less than any other 2. the smallest amount or number of something 3. to be at the lowest …
Longman Activator English vocab
CHOOSE — INDEX: 1. to decide which one you want 2. to finally choose something after considering all the possibilities 3. to …
Longman Activator English vocab
CHOOSE — See ↑ CHOOSE 1,4,5, ↑ DECIDE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ there is little to choose between/there is not much to …
Longman Activator English vocab
TWO — See: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, TWO CENTS, BIRD IN THE HAND IS …
Словарь английских идиом
LEAST — See: AT LEAST, IN THE LEAST, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE.
Словарь английских идиом
ILLS — sill
Anagrams English vocabulary
CHOOSE — verb 1 BAD : If you choose to see a film, we can go to the cinema instead. GOOD : …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TWO — 1. числ. колич. два 2. сущ. 1) двойка 2) мн. второй номер, размер 3) двое; пара 4) два года; два …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEAST — 1. прил.; превосх. от little малейший, минимальный, наименьший least way ≈ кратчайший путь least estimate ≈ самая скромная оценка least …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

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