"deselect" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /diːsəˈlɛkt/ Audio: En-us-deselect.ogg [US] Forms: deselects [present, singular, third-person], deselecting [participle, present], deselected [participle, past], deselected [past]
Rhymes: -ɛkt Etymology: de- + select Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|select}} de- + select Head templates: {{en-verb}} deselect (third-person singular simple present deselects, present participle deselecting, simple past and past participle deselected)
  1. (transitive) To not select; to rule out of selection. Tags: transitive Translations (To not select; to rule out of selection): poistaa valinta (english: undo selection of) (Finnish), jättää valitsematta (english: leave unselected) (Finnish), désélectionner (French), abwählen (German), entmarkieren (German), desselecionar (Portuguese), отмени́ть вы́бор (otmenítʹ výbor) [perfective] (Russian), odznačiť (Slovak), odznačovať (Slovak), zrušiť výber (Slovak), rušiť výber (Slovak), deseleccionar (Spanish), avmarkera (Swedish), välja bort (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deselect-en-verb-SfM2AkAK Disambiguation of 'To not select; to rule out of selection': 90 5 5
  2. (transitive, British, politics) To reject (an incumbent) as a party's candidate for a forthcoming election. Tags: British, transitive Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-deselect-en-verb-2q1mpHEK Categories (other): British English, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 25 45 30 Topics: government, politics
  3. (transitive, graphical user interface) To remove from an existing selection. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Graphical user interface
    Sense id: en-deselect-en-verb-wwJtVNtI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 36 47 Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unselect Related terms: deselection

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To not select; to rule out of selection."
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      "word": "poistaa valinta"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "jättää valitsematta"
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      "sense": "To not select; to rule out of selection",
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      "sense": "To not select; to rule out of selection",
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      "sense": "To not select; to rule out of selection",
      "word": "entmarkieren"
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      "sense": "To not select; to rule out of selection",
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      "sense": "To not select; to rule out of selection",
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      "sense": "To not select; to rule out of selection",
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      "sense": "To not select; to rule out of selection",
      "word": "avmarkera"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To not select; to rule out of selection",
      "word": "välja bort"
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}

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