PRESELECTED Synonyms

• the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945)

• one who is the object of choice; who is given preference

• an exclusive group of people

• subject to popular election

• preferred above all others and treated with partiality

• set in advance

• more desirable than another

• preferred above all others and treated with partiality

• chosen in preference to another

• appointed but not yet installed in office

• assign a name or title to

• give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

• indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

• decree or designate beforehand

• design or destine

• a language unit by which a person or thing is known

• a person's reputation

• family based on male descent

• a well-known or notable person

• by the sanction or authority of

• a defamatory or abusive word or phrase

• assign a specified (usually proper) name to

• give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property

• charge with a function; charge to be

• create and charge with a task or function

• mention and identify by name

• make reference to

• identify as in botany or biology, for example

• give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of

• determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• the quantity of a crop that is harvested

• the best people or things in a group

• the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

• a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

• a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material

• a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends

• a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body

• the act of choosing or selecting

• select carefully from a group

• look for and gather

• harass with constant criticism

• provoke

• remove in small bits

• remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits

• pilfer or rob

• pay for something

• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

• attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

• hit lightly with a picking motion

• eat intermittently; take small bites of