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pick out

  1. distinguish someone or something from a group.
    "Lester picked out two familiar voices"
    synonyms: see, discern, spot, distinguish, perceive, make out, detect, notice, observe, recognize, identify, catch sight of, glimpse, discover, espy, behold, descry
  2. choose someone or something from a number of alternatives.
    "she left Jed to pick out some toys"
  3. play a tune on a musical instrument slowly or with difficulty.
    "she began to pick out a rough melody on the guitar"

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7 days ago · The meaning of PICK OUT is discern, make out. How to use pick out in a sentence.
PICK SOMEONE/SOMETHING OUT meaning: 1. to recognize, find, or make a choice among different people or things in a group: 2. to choose…. Learn more.
pick out in American English · 1. to choose; select · 2. to single out from or recognize among a group; distinguish · 3. to make out (meaning or sense).
verb · to select for use or special consideration, illustration, etc, as from a group · to distinguish (an object from its surroundings), as in painting · to ...
​to choose somebody/something carefully from a group of people or things synonym select. She was picked out from dozens of applicants for the job.
Synonyms for PICK OUT: make out, identify, look (at), pick up, attend (to), sight, notice, view; Antonyms of PICK OUT: ignore, pass over, disregard, ...
pick out · decide upon · go down the line · opt for · optate · settle on · single out.
[Informal.]to criticize or blame; tease; harass. to single out; choose:The professor always picks on me to translate long passages.