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choose - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "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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take,
select |
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decide,
determine,
make up one's mind reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
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empanel,
impanel,
panel select from a list; "empanel prospective jurors"
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anoint administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
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field select (a team or individual player) for a game; "The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl"
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sieve,
sift distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"
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draw cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus"
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dial choose by means of a dial; "dial a telephone number"
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go,
plump be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
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pick remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"
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elect choose; "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"
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excerpt,
extract,
take out take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
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cull out,
winnow select desirable parts from a group or list; "cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence"; "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants"
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cream off,
skim off pick the best
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pick over,
sieve out separate or remove; "The customer picked over the selection"
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assign,
set apart,
specify select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
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single out select from a group; "She was singled out for her outstanding performance"
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think of look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
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define,
determine,
fix,
limit,
set,
specify give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"
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adopt,
espouse,
follow take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
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screen,
screen out,
sieve,
sort examine methodically; "screen the suitcases"
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vote in elect in a voting process; "They voted in Clinton"
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elect choose; "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"
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nominate,
propose propose as a candidate for some honor
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vote express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote; "He voted for the motion"; "None of the Democrats voted last night"
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choose - select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast" |
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prefer,
opt |
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compare examine and note the similarities or differences of; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie"
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cop out,
opt out choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing; "She copped out when she was supposed to get into the hang glider"
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choose - see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam" |
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evaluate,
judge,
pass judgment form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"
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