pick out, v.
freq. cnt. 6
freq. cnt. 6
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 pick out select take
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 ----sSomebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
They %s him to write the letter
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
They %s him to write the letter
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
They %s him to write the letter
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
They %s him to write the letter
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
detect with the senses
<verb.perception> freq. cnt.: 49 freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
discern distinguish make out pick out recognise recognize spot tell apart
sample sentences
"The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards""I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form