pick out

verb

picked out; picking out; picks out

transitive verb

1
2
: to play the notes of by ear or one by one
picking out tunes on the piano

Examples of pick out in a Sentence

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Looney was selected with the No. 30 pick out of UCLA in the 2015 NBA Draft, and went on to win three titles with Golden State. Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025 Miller and her team had picked out a look from Daley’s spring 2022 collection that touched on designers with Caribbean lineage. Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 16 May 2025 On the first floor, gamers can customize their own Nintendo Switch OLED, picking out the color of their dock, Joy-Cons and straps, using a kiosk. Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 16 May 2025 Did your kids want to help pick out the elements of their room? Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pick out

Word History

First Known Use

1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of pick out was in 1540

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“Pick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick%20out. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

pick out

verb
1
: to see or detect with some difficulty
picked out the trail in the snow
2
: to play the notes of by ear or one by one
pick out a tune

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