| Main Entry: | discern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of; recognize and understand |
Synonyms: |
anticipate, apprehend, ascertain, behold, descry, detect, determine, difference, differentiate, discover, discrepate, discriminate, distinguish, divine, espy, extricate, figure out, find out, focus, foresee, get a load of, get the picture, get wise to, judge, know, make distinction, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick out, read, remark, rubberneck, secern, see the light, see through, separate, severalize, spot, take in, view |
Antonyms: |
disregard, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | distinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discern, identify |
Synonyms: |
beam*, catch, descry, detect, dig, discover, discriminate, eye, eyeball, flash*, focus, get a load of, get an eyeful, know, make out, mark, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick out, pick up on, read, recognize, remark, see, spot, spy, take in, tell, view |
| Main Entry: | elect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select as representative; choose |
Synonyms: |
accept, admit, appoint, ballot, conclude, cull, decide upon, designate, determine, go down the line, judge, mark, name, nominate, opt for, optate, pick, pick out, prefer, receive, resolve, settle, settle on, single out, take, tap, vote, vote for |
Antonyms: |
ignore, vote down, vote out |
| Main Entry: | excerpt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a part from a whole |
Synonyms: |
choose, cite, cull, extract, glean, note, pick, pick out, quote, select, single out |
Antonyms: |
insert |
| Main Entry: | identify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recognize; label |
Synonyms: |
analyze, button down, card, catalog, classify, describe, determinate, determine, diagnose, diagnosticate, distinguish, establish, find, make out, name, peg, pick out, pinpoint, place, put one's finger on, select, separate, single out, spot, tab, tag* |
Antonyms: |
confuse, mistake |
| Main Entry: | pick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose, select |
Synonyms: |
cull, decide upon, elect, finger*, fix upon, go down the line, hand-pick, mark, name, opt for, optate, pick and choose, pick out, prefer, say so, separate, settle on, sift out, single out, slot, sort out, tab, tag, take, take it or leave it, tap, winnow |
Antonyms: |
refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | prescribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stipulate action to be taken |
Synonyms: |
appoint, assign, choose, command, decide, decree, define, designate, determine, dictate, direct, enjoin, establish, fix, guide, impose, lay down, ordain, order, pick out, require, rule, select, set, settle, specify, write prescription |
| Notes: | prescribe is to set down as a rule or guide or recommendation, while proscribe ('writing before') is to denounce or condemn, prohibit or forbid; tea and toast would be prescribed for an upset stomach while red-hot chili peppers would be proscribed (forbidden, labeled dangerous) |
| Main Entry: | screen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine and choose |
Synonyms: |
cull, eliminate, evaluate, extract, filter, gauge, grade, pick out, process, riddle, scan, select, separate, sieve, sift, sort, winnow |
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | see, recognize |
Synonyms: |
catch, catch sight of, descry, detect, determinate, diagnose, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, ferret out, find, identify, locate, make out, meet with, observe, pick out, pinpoint, place, point out, sight, trace, track, turn up |
Antonyms: |
overlook |