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noun
- One of a set of choices that can be made.
- the act of choosing or selecting
- (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.
- 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
verb
verb
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- 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 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.
- 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
noun
- A choice; ability to choose.
- the act of choosing or selecting
- 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.
- 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
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
verb
conj
verb
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- detect with the senses
- (transitive) To select.
- (transitive) To ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour.
- (transitive) To remove by picking.
- (transitive, idiomatic, soccer) To send a long pass or cross to.
- (transitive) To play music slowly, such as when practicing.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste).
- (transitive, idiomatic) To distinguish; discern.
verb
adj
verb
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- admit into a group or community
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take somebody somewhere
- experience or feel or submit to
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
- receive or obtain regularly
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- proceed along in a vehicle
- be a student of a certain subject
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- get into one's hands, take physically
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- be designed to hold or take
- take into one's possession
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- require (time or space)
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- obtain by winning
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- occupy or take on
- require as useful, just, or proper
- buy, select
- head into a specified direction
- make a film or photograph of something
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- receive willingly something given or offered
- carry out
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- engage for service under a term of contract
- conquer by force
- have sex with; archaic use
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- (transitive) To experience or feel.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- (reflexive) To go.
- (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
- (transitive) To assume (a form).
- (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- (transitive) To exact.
- (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
- (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
- (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- (transitive) To seize or capture.
- (transitive) To participate in.
- (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- (transitive) To perform (a role).
- (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
- (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
- (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
- (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
- (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- (transitive) To have sex with.
- (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
- (transitive) To subtract.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
- (transitive) To go or move into.
- (transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
- (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- (transitive) To remove.
- (transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- (transitive, Greece, Cyprus, informal) To buy.
- (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
- (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
- (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
noun
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
- (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- The or an act of taking.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
noun
- An option that is selected.
- 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.
- The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
- 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
noun
- A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
- A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
- The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
- (uncountable, music) alternative rock
- One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
adj
- Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
- pertaining to unconventional choices
- necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
- Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
- Other; different from something else.
- (linguistics) Presenting two or more alternatives.
- serving or used in place of another
noun
- A situation in which a choice must be made among three desirable options, only two of which are possible at the same time.
- A circumstance in which a choice must be made between three options that seem equally undesirable.
- (logic) An argument containing three alternatives, jointly exhaustive either under any condition(s) or under all condition(s) consistent with the universe of discourse of that argument, that each imply the same conclusion.
noun
- The option to so select, and the one selected.
- The state of being preferred over others.
- The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of")
- Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.
- A strong liking or personal valuation.
- A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
- a strong liking
- the right or chance to choose
- a predisposition in favor of something
- grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties)
verb
verb
- determine by choice
- decree or ordain
- leave or give by will after one's death
- (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.
noun
- 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
- (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.
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- Firmness of purpose, fixity of intent
noun
- An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
- the act of choosing or selecting
- (set theory) Ellipsis of axiom of choice.
- One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
- (uncountable) The power to choose.
- (usually with the) The best or most preferable part.
- Anything that can be chosen.
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
- the person or thing chosen or selected
adj
intj
verb
adj
noun
noun
- 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
verb
noun
- an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
- the act of choosing or selecting
- a passage selected from a larger work
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- (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.
adj
- Making a selection or nomination; choosing.
- Giving a name; naming; designating.
- (grammar) Being in that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.
- serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb
- named; bearing the name of a specific person
- appointed by nomination
noun
adj
noun
verb
- To select and take or approve.
- To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
- (chess, slang) To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
- To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
- To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
- To contribute towards the upkeep of (a child or animal), in exchange for occasional stories, pictures, etc.
- To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
- put into dramatic form
- take into one's family
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- take up and practice as one's own
- choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
noun
verb
- select as an alternative over another
- like better; value more highly
- promote over another
- give preference to one creditor over another
- (transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.
- (transitive) To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
noun
- A selection.
- (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
- (slang, dialectal) A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
- A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
- An organized killing of selected animals.
- (agriculture) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
- the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
verb
- To gather, collect.
- To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
- (by extension) To kill (animals, etc).
- To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
- (computer graphics) To selectively not render or process certain objects, such as polygons.
- To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
- look for and gather
- remove something that has been rejected
adj
- Open to choice; freely chosen; (also, usually) unnecessary; minor.
- (US health care system, technical) Scheduled and nonemergent (regardless of whether necessary or unnecessary and whether minor or serious).
- Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.
- subject to popular election
- optional
noun
adj
- capable of being decided.
- (logic) in intuitionistic logic, a proposition P is decidable in a given theory if it can be proven from the theory that "either P or not P", i.e. in symbols: P∨¬P.
- (computer science) describing a set for which there exists an algorithm that will determine whether any element is or is not within the set in a finite amount of time.
noun
- An option provided as one of a number of possible answers to a question in a form.
- (astronomy) The amount by which a star in a binary system extends beyond its Roche lobe.
- Something extra that is added to increase the size of something.
- An extra car added to a freight train in order to achieve a minimum tonnage.
noun
- a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- the act of tolerating something
- the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
- willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others
- (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.
- (uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.
- (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.
- (uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.
verb
noun
- One of a set of choices that can be made.
- the act of choosing or selecting
- (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.
- 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
verb
noun
- An option that is selected.
- 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.
- The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
- 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
noun
- A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
- A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
- The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
- (uncountable, music) alternative rock
- One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
adj
- Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
- pertaining to unconventional choices
- necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
- Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
- Other; different from something else.
- (linguistics) Presenting two or more alternatives.
- serving or used in place of another
noun
- A situation in which a choice must be made among three desirable options, only two of which are possible at the same time.
- A circumstance in which a choice must be made between three options that seem equally undesirable.
- (logic) An argument containing three alternatives, jointly exhaustive either under any condition(s) or under all condition(s) consistent with the universe of discourse of that argument, that each imply the same conclusion.
verb
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- 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 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.
- 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
noun
- A choice; ability to choose.
- the act of choosing or selecting
- 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.
- 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
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
noun
- The option to so select, and the one selected.
- The state of being preferred over others.
- The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of")
- Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.
- A strong liking or personal valuation.
- A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
- a strong liking
- the right or chance to choose
- a predisposition in favor of something
- grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties)
verb
noun
- An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
- the act of choosing or selecting
- (set theory) Ellipsis of axiom of choice.
- One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
- (uncountable) The power to choose.
- (usually with the) The best or most preferable part.
- Anything that can be chosen.
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
- the person or thing chosen or selected
adj
intj
noun
- 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
verb
noun
- an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
- the act of choosing or selecting
- a passage selected from a larger work
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- (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.
noun
- A selection.
- (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
- (slang, dialectal) A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
- A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
- An organized killing of selected animals.
- (agriculture) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
- the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
verb
- To gather, collect.
- To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
- (by extension) To kill (animals, etc).
- To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
- (computer graphics) To selectively not render or process certain objects, such as polygons.
- To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
- look for and gather
- remove something that has been rejected
noun
- An option provided as one of a number of possible answers to a question in a form.
- (astronomy) The amount by which a star in a binary system extends beyond its Roche lobe.
- Something extra that is added to increase the size of something.
- An extra car added to a freight train in order to achieve a minimum tonnage.
noun
- a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- the act of tolerating something
- the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
- willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others
- (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.
- (uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.
- (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.
- (uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.
verb
verb
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- 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 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.
- 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
noun
- A choice; ability to choose.
- the act of choosing or selecting
- 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.
- 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
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
verb
conj
verb
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- detect with the senses
- (transitive) To select.
- (transitive) To ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour.
- (transitive) To remove by picking.
- (transitive, idiomatic, soccer) To send a long pass or cross to.
- (transitive) To play music slowly, such as when practicing.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste).
- (transitive, idiomatic) To distinguish; discern.
verb
adj
verb
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- admit into a group or community
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take somebody somewhere
- experience or feel or submit to
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
- receive or obtain regularly
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- proceed along in a vehicle
- be a student of a certain subject
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- get into one's hands, take physically
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- be designed to hold or take
- take into one's possession
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- require (time or space)
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- obtain by winning
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- occupy or take on
- require as useful, just, or proper
- buy, select
- head into a specified direction
- make a film or photograph of something
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- receive willingly something given or offered
- carry out
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- engage for service under a term of contract
- conquer by force
- have sex with; archaic use
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- (transitive) To experience or feel.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- (reflexive) To go.
- (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
- (transitive) To assume (a form).
- (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- (transitive) To exact.
- (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
- (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
- (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- (transitive) To seize or capture.
- (transitive) To participate in.
- (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- (transitive) To perform (a role).
- (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
- (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
- (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
- (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
- (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- (transitive) To have sex with.
- (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
- (transitive) To subtract.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
- (transitive) To go or move into.
- (transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
- (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- (transitive) To remove.
- (transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- (transitive, Greece, Cyprus, informal) To buy.
- (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
- (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
- (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
noun
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
- (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- The or an act of taking.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
verb
- determine by choice
- decree or ordain
- leave or give by will after one's death
- (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.
noun
- 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
- (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.
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- Firmness of purpose, fixity of intent
verb
adj
noun
verb
- To select and take or approve.
- To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
- (chess, slang) To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
- To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
- To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
- To contribute towards the upkeep of (a child or animal), in exchange for occasional stories, pictures, etc.
- To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
- put into dramatic form
- take into one's family
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- take up and practice as one's own
- choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
noun
verb
- select as an alternative over another
- like better; value more highly
- promote over another
- give preference to one creditor over another
- (transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.
- (transitive) To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
noun
- A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
- A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
- The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
- (uncountable, music) alternative rock
- One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
adj
- Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
- pertaining to unconventional choices
- necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
- Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
- Other; different from something else.
- (linguistics) Presenting two or more alternatives.
- serving or used in place of another
adj
- Making a selection or nomination; choosing.
- Giving a name; naming; designating.
- (grammar) Being in that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.
- serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb
- named; bearing the name of a specific person
- appointed by nomination
noun
adj
noun
adj
- Open to choice; freely chosen; (also, usually) unnecessary; minor.
- (US health care system, technical) Scheduled and nonemergent (regardless of whether necessary or unnecessary and whether minor or serious).
- Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.
- subject to popular election
- optional
noun
adj
- capable of being decided.
- (logic) in intuitionistic logic, a proposition P is decidable in a given theory if it can be proven from the theory that "either P or not P", i.e. in symbols: P∨¬P.
- (computer science) describing a set for which there exists an algorithm that will determine whether any element is or is not within the set in a finite amount of time.