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select

choose

Related forms: select · 9 words in this dictionary

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9 words

To remove a previous selection from an item in a list, menu, or interface, typically by clicking or tapping on it again.

de+select

Shared component: select · choose

A person or thing that selects something.

select+or

Shared component: select · choose

Carefully choosing only the best or most suitable people or things.

select+ive

Shared component: select · choose

Not chosen or picked out from a group.

un+select+ed

Shared component: select · choose

In a way that involves choosing carefully from a number of possibilities or according to a specific principle.

select+ive+ly

Shared component: select · choose

The quality of carefully choosing only the best or most suitable things from a group.

select+iv+ity

Shared component: select · choose

selectionExtended relation

the process of choosing someone or something from a group

select+ion

Extended relation: select · choose

pre-selectedExtended relation

Chosen or selected in advance.

pre+select+ed

Extended relation: select · choose

self-selectionExtended relation

The action or fact of selecting or choosing something by oneself, especially when this influences the results of a study or process.

self+select+ion

Extended relation: select · choose