pick out English

Meaning pick out meaning

What does pick out mean?

pick out

— verb (= choose, take, select) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives 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 (= make out) detect with the senses The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards I can't make out the faces in this photograph

Synonyms pick out synonyms

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choose

select

elect

extricate

opt

single out

pick up

pick

take out

take

spot

distinguish

appoint

tell apart

suggest

sort out

show

remove

recognize

recognise

prefer

point out

pluck

motion

mark

manifest

make out

indicate

fish out

extract

display

discern

designate

denote

demonstrate

cull

connote

throw out

take off

take notice

split

sort

sense

see

screen

scoop out

ridicule

rejection

reap

pull out

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