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unselect

unselect verb: to cancel a previous selection, especially by removing a mark from a tick box.

Verb

unselect (third-person singular simple present unselects, present participle unselecting, simple past and past participle unselected)

  1. (transitive) To cancel a previous selection, especially by removing a mark from a tick box.
  2. (transitive) To reverse the previous selection of.

Synonyms of unselect

Forms of unselect

third-person singular presentunselects
present participleunselecting
past participleunselected
pastunselected

Origin of unselect

From un- + select.

Questions about unselect

What does unselect mean?
Unselect means to cancel a previous selection, especially by removing a mark from a tick box.
What part of speech is unselect?
Unselect is a verb.
What is the past tense of unselect?
The past tense of unselect is unselected.

Words near unselect in the dictionary

  1. unseize
  2. unseized
  3. unseizes
  4. unseizing
  5. unseldom
  6. unselect
  7. unselectability
  8. unselectable
  9. unselected
  10. unselecting
  11. unselection

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