"unselect" meaning in English

See unselect in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unselects [present, singular, third-person], unselecting [participle, present], unselected [participle, past], unselected [past]
Etymology: From un- + select. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|select}} un- + select Head templates: {{en-verb}} unselect (third-person singular simple present unselects, present participle unselecting, simple past and past participle unselected)
  1. (computing, transitive) To cancel a previous selection, especially by removing a mark from a tick box. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (to cancel a previous selection): poistaa valinta (Finnish), désélectionner (French), desselecionar (Portuguese), odznačiť (Slovak), odznačovať (Slovak), zrušiť výber (Slovak), rušiť výber (Slovak), deseleccionar (Spanish), desmarcar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-unselect-en-verb-50MoOlAF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 57 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 86 14 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'to cancel a previous selection': 69 31
  2. (transitive) To reverse the previous selection of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unselect-en-verb-zsDiiUsH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: deselect

Inflected forms

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      "word": "poistaa valinta"
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      "sense": "to cancel a previous selection",
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      "sense": "to cancel a previous selection",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "to cancel a previous selection",
      "word": "zrušiť výber"
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      "sense": "to cancel a previous selection",
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