deselect
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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politics (of a constituency organization) to refuse to select (an existing MP) for re-election
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to discharge (a trainee) during the period of training
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computing to cancel (a highlighted selection of data) on a computer screen
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computing to remove (the check mark) at an option in a dialogue box
Other Word Forms
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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deselectsimple
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deselectssimple
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have deselectedperfect
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has deselectedperfect
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am deselectingprogressive
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are deselectingprogressive
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is deselectingprogressive
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have been deselectingperfect progressive
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has been deselectingperfect progressive
Past
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deselectedsimple
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had deselectedperfect
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was deselectingprogressive
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were deselectingprogressive
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had been deselectingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of deselect
Example Sentences
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Frontier should have showed DiDonato the $428 fare first, along with an option to deselect checked luggage and an assigned seat if she wanted to lower her fare.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
The Zoom account owner will need to manually deselect Zoom's on-by-default data sharing option after solving a pop-up maze of sub-menus.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2023
If you’re trying to get all your files out of Google’s clutches, go to the company’s Takeout site and deselect everything except “Drive.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2021
Be sure to deselect or clear all equations before graphing using the method mentioned above.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020
Mr McDonnell denied claims there were efforts to deselect Ms Creasey, saying: "There is no way she should be de-selected, she is an excellent MP, she has my support."
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2015
Fun fact — if you accidentally click on the single color or storage option, it deselects them, and the site throws up an error if you try to continue.
From The Verge ● Jun. 15, 2022
Last week, the DUP nominated Diane Forsythe to stand as their candidate in South Down, replacing the current assembly member Jim Wells, who has been deselected.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2022
It is understood the sitting DUP South Down assembly member, Jim Wells, has not been approved as a DUP candidate this time and has been deselected.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2022
One poster, a guy from Cumbria with no formal profile in the media whatsoever, did investigative work that led to two Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidates being deselected.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020
There will also be dozens of seats in which special factors will apply, including deselected MPs from both main parties running as independents.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2019
Some people have deselected whole groups of packages by mistake and not noticed the error until too late. dselect is a very powerful tool; don't misuse it.
From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John
"They have been organising meetings where there has been open discussion about deselecting Labour MPs," she says.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2015
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