to preselect

Examples

• All

• Although offering a superb meal, those in charge had not preselected a speaker or toastmasters.

  Academic text (2014)

• Helping students select a topic or analyze preselected resources

  Academic text (2012)

• Policy File contained more of the preselected policy papers.

  Academic text (2012)

• In fact, such plants are typically preselected for their ability to hybridize.

  Academic text (2010)

• In the event of a failure, in either generation or distribution, the consumer receives the preselected level of compensation.

  Academic text (1991)

• Both New Jersey and Illinois used preselected variables for establishing community college peer groups.

  Academic text (2002)

• Teams visited preselected households twice a week to identify acute respiratory infections among children two years of age.

  Academic text (2012)

• The same technology theoretically could allow parents to preselect their children's sex, hair color, eye color, or any other inherited characteristic.

  Academic text (1992)

• Every reference with the least indication of fulfilling the inclusion criteria was listed as preselected.

  Academic text (2016)

• We preselected the candidates for the job interview before the final decision was made.

Synonyms

C

to choose

vsto preselect

∞ 1.0

Pick one thing or person from a group

is done earlier, before something is needed or before the final decision

S

to select

vsto preselect

823 2.5

To choose someone or something from a group

is done earlier, before final decision, not focused on careful suitability

P

to pick out

vsto preselect

237 2.0

Choose one person or thing from a group

chooses earlier, before something is needed or before a final decision

H

to hand-pick

vsto preselect

20 3.8

To choose carefully by yourself for a special purpose

is done earlier, before it is needed, not chosen for a special purpose

How Selective

shortlist

6 3.6

to preselect

3 3.7

to screen

97 3.4

to select

823 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology