choose, take, select, pick out

pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "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"

• empanel, impanel, panel — select from a list, as of prospective jurors
• sieve, sift — distinguish and separate out
• draw — select or take in from a given group or region
• dial — choose by means of a dial
• plump, go — give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
• pick — select carefully from a group
• elect — choose
• excerpt, extract, take out — take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
• cull out — select from a group, as of animals
• cream off, skim off — pick the best
• sieve out, pick over — separate or remove
• assign, specify, set apart — select something or someone for a specific purpose
• single out, center out — select from a group
• think of — choose in one's mind
• specify, set, determine, fix, limit — decide upon or fix definitely
• adopt, follow, espouse — choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
• screen, screen out, sieve, sort — examine in order to test suitability
• vote in — elect in a voting process
• elect — select by a vote for an office or membership
• nominate, propose — put forward; nominate for appointment to an office
• vote — express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote
• side, go with — take the side of; be on the side of

• decide, make up one's mind, determine — reach, make, or come to a decision about something