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Synset

pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 168 freq. cnt.: 80 freq. cnt.: 58 freq. cnt.: 26 freq. cnt.: 4

choose more info
pick out more info
select more info
take more info

sample sentences

"Take any one of these cards"
"Choose a good husband for your daughter"
"She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
They %s him to write the letter

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
They %s him to write the letter

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
They %s him to write the letter

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
They %s him to write the letter
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
selective selective selection selector
semantic pointers
hyponym
empanel, impanel, panel anoint field sieve, sift draw dial plump, go pick elect excerpt, extract, take out cull out, winnow cream off, skim off sieve out, pick over assign, set apart, specify single out think of set, determine, fix, specify, define, limit adopt, follow, espouse screen, screen out, sieve, sort vote in elect propose, nominate vote
hypernym
decide, make up one's mind, determine