verb
Meaning 1
To not select; to rule out of selection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
deselect
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌdiːsəˈlɛkt/
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rhymes with -ɛkt
verb
Meaning 2
To reject (an incumbent) as a party's candidate for a forthcoming election.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, transitive
Topics: government, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To remove from an existing selection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- Make sure you deselect any files you wish to keep before proceeding with the deletion.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English select English deselect From de- + select.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: poistaa valinta — To not select; to rule out of selection
- Finnish: jättää valitsematta — To not select; to rule out of selection
- French: désélectionner — To not select; to rule out of selection
- German: abwählen — To not select; to rule out of selection
- German: entmarkieren — To not select; to rule out of selection
- Portuguese: desselecionar — To not select; to rule out of selection
- Russian: отмени́ть вы́бор (otmenítʹ výbor) — To not select; to rule out of selection
- Slovak: odznačiť — To not select; to rule out of selection
- Slovak: odznačovať — To not select; to rule out of selection
- Slovak: zrušiť výber — To not select; to rule out of selection
- Slovak: rušiť výber — To not select; to rule out of selection
- Spanish: deseleccionar — To not select; to rule out of selection
- Swedish: avmarkera — To not select; to rule out of selection
- Swedish: välja bort — To not select; to rule out of selection