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choose: 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"; select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"; see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"

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see fit collapse

have a mind to collapse

please collapse: used in polite request; "please pay attention"; give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"; give satisfaction; "The waiters around her aim to please"; be the will of or have the will (to); "he could do many things if he pleased"

covet collapse: wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person); "She covets her sister's house"

decide collapse: reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"; bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"; cause to decide; "This new development finally decided me!"; influence or determine; "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"

prefer collapse: like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"; promote over another; "he favors his second daughter"; give preference to one creditor over another

tend toward collapse

lean toward collapse

lust after collapse: have a strong sexual desire for; "he is lusting after his secretary"

excerpt collapse: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"; take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

itch to collapse

rather collapse: to some (great or small) extent; "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy"; on the contrary; "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English terms instead of Latin ones"

elect collapse: selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"; choose; "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"; select by a vote for an office or membership; "We elected him chairman of the board"

sift collapse: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"; move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"

nominate collapse: propose as a candidate for some honor; put forward; nominate for appointment to an office; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"

take to collapse: develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation; "She took to drink"; "Men take to the military trades"

select collapse

glean collapse

set before collapse

decree collapse: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"; issue a decree; "The King only can decree"

designate collapse: assign a name or title to

appoint collapse: furnish; "a beautifully appointed house"; create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"; assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

will collapse: a fixed and persistent intent or purpose; "where there's a will there's a way"; a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die; determine by choice; "This action was willed and intended"; have in mind; "I will take the exam tomorrow"; decree or ordain; "God wills our existence"

crave collapse: plead or ask for earnestly; have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

exceptionally collapse: to an exceptional degree; "it worked exceptionally well"

delegate collapse: a person appointed or elected to represent others; give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person); transfer power to someone

aim at collapse

want collapse: wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!"; have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"; hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"; be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter"

resolve collapse: find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x"; make clearly visible; "can this image be resolved?"

cull collapse: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality; remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd"

scorn collapse

determine collapse: fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules"; fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property; shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"; establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"

pick collapse: a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick"; a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"; a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material; "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"; a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument; remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"; select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"; look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"; attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"; provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"; pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"

prescribe collapse

single collapse: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base; existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual; "upon the hill stood a single tower"; "had but a single thought which was to escape"; "a single survivor"; "a single serving"; "a single lens"; "a single thickness"; used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals; "single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals"; hit a single; "the batter singled to left field"

extract collapse: calculate the root of a number; remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"; separate (a metal) from an ore; get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions"

spurn collapse

winnow collapse: the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"; blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"; separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"; blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"

segregate collapse: someone who is or has been segregated; separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"; divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"; separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"

desire collapse: an inclination to want things; "a man of many desires"; the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state; something that is desired; feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"; express a desire for

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