nnoun.personone who is the object of choice; who is given preferenceHypernyms:darling dearie deary ducky favorite favourite pet
Inherited Hypernyms:chosendarlingloverpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:chosendarlingloverpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.locationthe name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945)Instance Hypernyms:Dae-Han-Min-Gook Han-Gook Korea Korean Peninsula
Inherited Hypernyms:chosenkoreapeninsulalandobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.groupan exclusive group of peopleSynset:elect
Examples:- one of the elect who have power inside the government
Derivationally Related Form:elect
Hypernyms:elite elite group
Inherited Hypernyms:choseneliteupper classclasspeoplegroupabstractionentity
vverb.cognitionpick out, select, or choose from a number of alternativesSynset:choose pick out select take
Examples:- Take any one of these cards
- Choose a good husband for your daughter
- She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
Derivationally Related Form:selectiveselectorselection
Hypernyms:decide determine make up one's mind
Inherited Hypernyms:choosedecide
Direct Hyponyms:adoptanointassigncream offcull outdefinedeterminedialdrawelectempanelespouseexcerptextractfieldfixfollowgoimpanellimitnominatepanelpickpick overplumpproposescreenscreen outsetset apartsievesieve outsiftsingle outskim offsortspecifytake outthink ofvotevote inwinnow
Full Troponyms:adhereadoptanointassignballotco-optcream offcull outdedicatedefinedetaildialdrawelectempanelexcerptfieldhand-picknamenominateoutvotepickplumppollquantifyredefinereelectresetscreensievesieve outsingle outspecifythink ofturn thumbs downvotevote inwrite in
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s (apply to: choose) | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: select, take, pick out, choose)
vverb.cognitionselect as an alternative over anotherSynset:choose opt prefer
Examples:- I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant
- She opted for the job on the East coast
Derivationally Related Form:prefermentoptionoptativepreference
Inherited Hypernyms:choose
Direct Hyponyms:cop outopt out
Entailment:compare
Full Troponyms:opt out
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: prefer, choose)
vverb.cognitionsee fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain wayExamples:- She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam
Hypernyms:evaluate judge pass judgment
Inherited Hypernyms:chooseevaluatethink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE