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- Someone or something which selects or chooses.
- a person who chooses or selects out
- (Australia, historical) A person who is entitled to choose a tract of Crown land to purchase.
- (Internet, historical) A text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved.
- (music) A disc jockey.
- (computing) A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.
- (computing) A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.
- (cricket) An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.
- a switch that is used to select among alternatives
- a person who chooses or selects out
- someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
- (weaving) The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
- A worker responsible for picking or retrieving ordered items, etc.
- (slang, gold panning) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
- (military) A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
- (historical) One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.
- Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.
- (engineering) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
- the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice
- the status or fact of being elected
- the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
- a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
- A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
- (theology) In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.
- An option that is selected.
- The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
- the act of choosing or selecting
- An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
- (set theory) Ellipsis of axiom of choice.
- (uncountable) The power to choose.
- (usually with the) The best or most preferable part.
- Anything that can be chosen.
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- A choice; ability to choose.
- the act of choosing or selecting
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- the best people or things in a group
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- (American football) An interception.
- (art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- (Australia) Pasture; feed, for animals.
- (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
- (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- (baseball) A pickoff.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- (nautical, slang) An anchor.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- (basketball) A screen.
- (weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
- remove in small bits
- look for and gather
- select carefully from a group
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- provoke
- pay for something
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- harass with constant criticism
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- pilfer or rob
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- (ambitransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- (American football, informal) To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- (basketball) To screen.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- (transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the act of choosing or selecting
- an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
- a passage selected from a larger work
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- (programming) A list of items on which user operations will take place. ᵂᵖ
- A musical piece.
- (historical) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ᵂᵖ
- (algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
- (biology) Ellipsis of natural selection.
- (biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ
- Something selected.
- (Australia) A plot of land, or farm, thus selected.
- A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- The process or act of selecting.
- (linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ᵂᵖ
- (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
- choose in one's mind
- look on as or consider
- devise or invent
- take into consideration, have in view
- intend to refer to
- keep in mind for attention or consideration
- (in rhetorical questions) Used to suggest an aberrant thought, idea or action.
- To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see think, of. (to think on the subject of)
- (often imperative) Consider, used to emphasise a reason to act in a certain way.
- The act of making a choice; selection.
- Something picked or pulled out.
- A gathering to pick fruit.
- (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
- (usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
- The removal of defects from electrotype plates.
- The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.
- Dabbing in stoneworking.
- the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- the act of choosing or selecting
- One of a set of choices that can be made.
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
- the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
- (law, uncountable) The acquiring or retention of a nationality through personal choice as a right, bypassing selective legal mechanisms for naturalization, especially in cases where a territory is transferred or passed on from one state to another.
- The freedom or right to choose.
- (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile.
- the act of deciding to do something
- the act of changing your residence or place of business
- (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
- the act of changing location from one place to another
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location
- An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
- (syntax) Within the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction
- A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- The act of moving; a movement.
- A change in strategy.
- (board games, usually in the plural) A round, in which each player has a turn.
- A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
- The event of changing one's residence.
- cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
- propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- give an incentive for action
- be in a state of action
- dispose of by selling
- go or proceed from one point to another
- progress by being changed
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- follow a procedure or take a course
- arouse sympathy or compassion in
- change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
- live one's life in a specified environment
- (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
- (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
- (transitive) To transport (an item) as part of changing residences.
- (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
- (transitive, chess, board games) To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.
- (transitive, programming) To transfer the value of one object in memory to another efficiently (i.e., without copying it in entirety).
- (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place; similarly to change the location of another establishment such as a business. See also move out and move in.
- (intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
- (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act
- (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
- (transitive, business) To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).
- Someone or something likely or suited to undergo or be chosen for a purpose.
- (genetics) A gene which may play a role in a given disease.
- (education) The recipient of certain academic degrees, now mainly awarded in Scandinavia.
- (education) A student taking a degree who has finished the coursework but has other remaining requirements such as a dissertation.
- (figurative) A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege.
- A participant in an examination.
- A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege.
- someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
- a politician who is running for public office
- doing as one pleases or chooses
- a line leading to a place or point
- how something is done or how it happens
- the condition of things generally
- to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
- a journey or passage
- any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
- a general category of things; used in the expression ‘in the way of’
- the property of distance in general
- a portion of something divided into shares
- a course of conduct
- space for movement
- Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.
- Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').
- The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.
- (usually plural) A guiding surface on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves; usually in pairs.
- A means to enter or leave a place.
- A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
- A roughly-defined geographical area.
- (plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.
- (Germanic paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
- (nautical, uncountable) Speed, progress, momentum.
- A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
- (with 'the', usually with modifier) A set of values and customs associated with and seen as central to the identity of a group of people.
- A degree, an amount, a sense.
- A state or condition
- (US, As the head of an interjectory clause, followed by an infinitive starting with “to”) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.
- One of (representing a choice).
- Taking together the combined effect of.
- Done together or reciprocally.
- In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)
- Shared in confidence.
- In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places).
- Combined (by effort or ownership).
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
- One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
- One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
- Firmness of purpose, fixity of intent
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
- a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
- (now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
- (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
- (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
- (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
- (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- (auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
- (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
- (transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
- determine by choice
- decree or ordain
- leave or give by will after one's death
- (of a person) With well-considered priorities through a good understanding of what truly matters.
- (aviation, of an airman or aircraft) Not allowed to fly.
- (nautical, of a vessel) Aground.
- (electricity, Canada, US) Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.
- (of a person, predicative) Confined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment.
- a point where a choice must be made
- a community of people smaller than a village
- a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
- (figuratively, by analogy) A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.
- (nonstandard) A fork in the road.
- (figuratively, by extension) A centrally located position.
- plural of crossroad
- A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads.
- tending to select; characterized by careful choice
- characterized by very careful or fastidious selection
- (chiefly US, not comparable) Having the authority or capability to make a selection.
- (biology) Of or relating to natural selection.
- Of or relating to the social work approach called selectivity.
- Of or relating to the process of selection.
- (of a person) Choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.
- To select (something or someone) for a specific purpose.
- select something or someone for a specific purpose
- To distinguish, make obvious the distinction between (two things) or of (something).
- (Mormonism) To perform a blessing which formally invests a person with authority to serve in a calling or leadership position, typically by laying on of hands.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to separate or isolate.
- set apart from others
- select something or someone for a specific purpose
- attribute or credit to
- give out
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
- attribute or give
- transfer one's right to
- make undue claims to having
- (LGBTQ) To categorize (someone) as belonging to the male or female sex.
- (transitive) To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.
- (transitive, law) To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another.
- (transitive) To appoint or select (someone) for some office.
- (transitive) To attribute or sort (something) into categories.
- (transitive, programming) To give (a value) to a variable.
- (transitive) To allot or give (something) as a task.
- select something or someone for a specific purpose
- define clearly
- be specific about
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- decide upon or fix definitely
- determine the essential quality of
- design or destine
- (transitive) To bring about a specific result.
- (transitive) To include in a specification.
- (transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
- The ability to make wise choices or decisions.
- The authority to exercise one's own judgement in making decisions that have effect.
- The quality of being discreet.
- The freedom to make one's own judgements.
- freedom to act or judge on one's own
- refined taste; tact
- the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
- knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
- the trait of judging wisely and objectively
- A person who is undecided, and might go to either side.
- (curling) A stone that rocks from side to side as it travels because it is not resting on its running surface.
- A boiled leg of mutton.
- (colloquial, law) A class of crime that can be charged as a lower penalty or a higher penalty, e.g. a crime punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony at the discretion of the prosecutor.
- (fishing) A fishing lure made to resemble a prey fish and that wobbles in the water; plug, minnow.
- (retail, advertising) A small publicity notice which appears to float at eye level, being attached to a fixture by a flexible arm.
- (slang, British, Ireland, Islam, derogatory) a Salafi.
- One who or that which wobbles.
- (colloquial, law) A case that could go either way depending on factors that cannot be controlled.
- (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A sudden unexpected outburst of anger or rage; a tantrum.
- The end of the roll in a roller mill for shaping steel.
- something that wobbles
- a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
- the trait of being resolute
- analysis into clear-cut components
- the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord
- (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture
- finding a solution to a problem
- the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
- A strong will; the state of being resolute.
- A statement of intent, a vow.
- (narratology) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
- (mathematics) The act or process of resolving: solving.
- (homological algebra, of a given module (or, generally, object in an abelian category) M) An exact sequence of modules (or, objects in the same category as M) either terminating in M or such that M is the homology at degree zero. See Resolution (algebra).
- (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.
- (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
- (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
- The act of discerning detail.
- (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
- (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.
- A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
- (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
- (computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
- A firm decision or an official decision.
- the appropriate or desirable thing
- a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)
- a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices
- a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
- a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)
- A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.
- A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation.
- A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.
- A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
- A citation for a traffic violation.
- A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.
- (figurative) A solution to a problem; something that is needed in order to do something.
- (politics, informal) A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
- A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
- (law enforcement slang) A warrant.
- (usually technical support) A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled.
- A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice.
- A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.
- state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
- a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To select; pick, especially, to make a final decision on a selection or option.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To choose (not necessarily fully consensually) to work as a prostitute for a particular pimp.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates.
- form sides, as for a game
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- Someone or something which selects or chooses.
- a person who chooses or selects out
- (Australia, historical) A person who is entitled to choose a tract of Crown land to purchase.
- (Internet, historical) A text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved.
- (music) A disc jockey.
- (computing) A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.
- (computing) A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.
- (cricket) An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.
- a switch that is used to select among alternatives
- a person who chooses or selects out
- someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
- (weaving) The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
- A worker responsible for picking or retrieving ordered items, etc.
- (slang, gold panning) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
- (military) A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
- (historical) One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.
- Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.
- (engineering) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
- the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice
- the status or fact of being elected
- the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
- a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
- A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
- (theology) In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.
- An option that is selected.
- The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
- the act of choosing or selecting
- An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
- (set theory) Ellipsis of axiom of choice.
- (uncountable) The power to choose.
- (usually with the) The best or most preferable part.
- Anything that can be chosen.
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- A choice; ability to choose.
- the act of choosing or selecting
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- the best people or things in a group
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- (American football) An interception.
- (art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- (Australia) Pasture; feed, for animals.
- (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
- (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- (baseball) A pickoff.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- (nautical, slang) An anchor.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- (basketball) A screen.
- (weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
- remove in small bits
- look for and gather
- select carefully from a group
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- provoke
- pay for something
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- harass with constant criticism
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- pilfer or rob
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- (ambitransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- (American football, informal) To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- (basketball) To screen.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- (transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the act of choosing or selecting
- an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
- a passage selected from a larger work
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- (programming) A list of items on which user operations will take place. ᵂᵖ
- A musical piece.
- (historical) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ᵂᵖ
- (algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
- (biology) Ellipsis of natural selection.
- (biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ
- Something selected.
- (Australia) A plot of land, or farm, thus selected.
- A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- The process or act of selecting.
- (linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ᵂᵖ
- (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
- The act of making a choice; selection.
- Something picked or pulled out.
- A gathering to pick fruit.
- (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
- (usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
- The removal of defects from electrotype plates.
- The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.
- Dabbing in stoneworking.
- the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- the act of choosing or selecting
- One of a set of choices that can be made.
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
- the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
- (law, uncountable) The acquiring or retention of a nationality through personal choice as a right, bypassing selective legal mechanisms for naturalization, especially in cases where a territory is transferred or passed on from one state to another.
- The freedom or right to choose.
- (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile.
- the act of deciding to do something
- the act of changing your residence or place of business
- (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
- the act of changing location from one place to another
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location
- An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
- (syntax) Within the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction
- A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- The act of moving; a movement.
- A change in strategy.
- (board games, usually in the plural) A round, in which each player has a turn.
- A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
- The event of changing one's residence.
- cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
- propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- give an incentive for action
- be in a state of action
- dispose of by selling
- go or proceed from one point to another
- progress by being changed
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- follow a procedure or take a course
- arouse sympathy or compassion in
- change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
- live one's life in a specified environment
- (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
- (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
- (transitive) To transport (an item) as part of changing residences.
- (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
- (transitive, chess, board games) To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.
- (transitive, programming) To transfer the value of one object in memory to another efficiently (i.e., without copying it in entirety).
- (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place; similarly to change the location of another establishment such as a business. See also move out and move in.
- (intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
- (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act
- (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
- (transitive, business) To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).
- Someone or something likely or suited to undergo or be chosen for a purpose.
- (genetics) A gene which may play a role in a given disease.
- (education) The recipient of certain academic degrees, now mainly awarded in Scandinavia.
- (education) A student taking a degree who has finished the coursework but has other remaining requirements such as a dissertation.
- (figurative) A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege.
- A participant in an examination.
- A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege.
- someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
- a politician who is running for public office
- doing as one pleases or chooses
- a line leading to a place or point
- how something is done or how it happens
- the condition of things generally
- to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
- a journey or passage
- any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
- a general category of things; used in the expression ‘in the way of’
- the property of distance in general
- a portion of something divided into shares
- a course of conduct
- space for movement
- Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.
- Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').
- The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.
- (usually plural) A guiding surface on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves; usually in pairs.
- A means to enter or leave a place.
- A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
- A roughly-defined geographical area.
- (plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.
- (Germanic paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
- (nautical, uncountable) Speed, progress, momentum.
- A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
- (with 'the', usually with modifier) A set of values and customs associated with and seen as central to the identity of a group of people.
- A degree, an amount, a sense.
- A state or condition
- (US, As the head of an interjectory clause, followed by an infinitive starting with “to”) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
- One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
- One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
- Firmness of purpose, fixity of intent
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
- a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
- (now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
- (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
- (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
- (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
- (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- (auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
- (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
- (transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
- determine by choice
- decree or ordain
- leave or give by will after one's death
- a point where a choice must be made
- a community of people smaller than a village
- a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
- (figuratively, by analogy) A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.
- (nonstandard) A fork in the road.
- (figuratively, by extension) A centrally located position.
- plural of crossroad
- A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads.
- The ability to make wise choices or decisions.
- The authority to exercise one's own judgement in making decisions that have effect.
- The quality of being discreet.
- The freedom to make one's own judgements.
- freedom to act or judge on one's own
- refined taste; tact
- the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
- knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
- the trait of judging wisely and objectively
- A person who is undecided, and might go to either side.
- (curling) A stone that rocks from side to side as it travels because it is not resting on its running surface.
- A boiled leg of mutton.
- (colloquial, law) A class of crime that can be charged as a lower penalty or a higher penalty, e.g. a crime punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony at the discretion of the prosecutor.
- (fishing) A fishing lure made to resemble a prey fish and that wobbles in the water; plug, minnow.
- (retail, advertising) A small publicity notice which appears to float at eye level, being attached to a fixture by a flexible arm.
- (slang, British, Ireland, Islam, derogatory) a Salafi.
- One who or that which wobbles.
- (colloquial, law) A case that could go either way depending on factors that cannot be controlled.
- (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A sudden unexpected outburst of anger or rage; a tantrum.
- The end of the roll in a roller mill for shaping steel.
- something that wobbles
- a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
- the trait of being resolute
- analysis into clear-cut components
- the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord
- (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture
- finding a solution to a problem
- the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
- A strong will; the state of being resolute.
- A statement of intent, a vow.
- (narratology) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
- (mathematics) The act or process of resolving: solving.
- (homological algebra, of a given module (or, generally, object in an abelian category) M) An exact sequence of modules (or, objects in the same category as M) either terminating in M or such that M is the homology at degree zero. See Resolution (algebra).
- (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.
- (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
- (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
- The act of discerning detail.
- (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
- (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.
- A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
- (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
- (computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
- A firm decision or an official decision.
- the appropriate or desirable thing
- a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)
- a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices
- a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
- a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)
- A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.
- A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation.
- A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.
- A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
- A citation for a traffic violation.
- A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.
- (figurative) A solution to a problem; something that is needed in order to do something.
- (politics, informal) A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
- A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
- (law enforcement slang) A warrant.
- (usually technical support) A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled.
- A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice.
- A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.
- state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
- a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
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- choose in one's mind
- look on as or consider
- devise or invent
- take into consideration, have in view
- intend to refer to
- keep in mind for attention or consideration
- (in rhetorical questions) Used to suggest an aberrant thought, idea or action.
- To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see think, of. (to think on the subject of)
- (often imperative) Consider, used to emphasise a reason to act in a certain way.
- To select (something or someone) for a specific purpose.
- select something or someone for a specific purpose
- To distinguish, make obvious the distinction between (two things) or of (something).
- (Mormonism) To perform a blessing which formally invests a person with authority to serve in a calling or leadership position, typically by laying on of hands.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to separate or isolate.
- set apart from others
- select something or someone for a specific purpose
- attribute or credit to
- give out
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
- attribute or give
- transfer one's right to
- make undue claims to having
- (LGBTQ) To categorize (someone) as belonging to the male or female sex.
- (transitive) To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.
- (transitive, law) To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another.
- (transitive) To appoint or select (someone) for some office.
- (transitive) To attribute or sort (something) into categories.
- (transitive, programming) To give (a value) to a variable.
- (transitive) To allot or give (something) as a task.
- select something or someone for a specific purpose
- define clearly
- be specific about
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- decide upon or fix definitely
- determine the essential quality of
- design or destine
- (transitive) To bring about a specific result.
- (transitive) To include in a specification.
- (transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To select; pick, especially, to make a final decision on a selection or option.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To choose (not necessarily fully consensually) to work as a prostitute for a particular pimp.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates.
- form sides, as for a game
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- (of a person) With well-considered priorities through a good understanding of what truly matters.
- (aviation, of an airman or aircraft) Not allowed to fly.
- (nautical, of a vessel) Aground.
- (electricity, Canada, US) Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.
- (of a person, predicative) Confined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment.
- tending to select; characterized by careful choice
- characterized by very careful or fastidious selection
- (chiefly US, not comparable) Having the authority or capability to make a selection.
- (biology) Of or relating to natural selection.
- Of or relating to the social work approach called selectivity.
- Of or relating to the process of selection.
- (of a person) Choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.