 pick_out |
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| 1. | [ verb ] pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives | |
| Synonyms: | choose select take | |
| Examples: | "Take any one of these cards" "Choose a good husband for your daughter" "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" |
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| Related terms: | decide adopt vote elect pick specify assign draw elect single_out sift vote_in nominate side sieve field cream_off cull_out screen sieve_out go dial think_of excerpt empanel choice | |
| 2. | [ verb ] detect with the senses | |
| Synonyms: | recognize make_out discern distinguish tell_apart recognise | |
| Examples: | "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards" "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" |
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| Related terms: | resolve discriminate discernment perceive | |
| Similar spelling: |
pig_out pick_at picket pickett |
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