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Verb: pick out  pik awt
  1. Make a choice from a number of options on offer
    "pick out a good husband for your daughter";
    - choose, take, select
     
  2. Detect or identify something despite difficulty or distance
    "I could barely pick out the ship through the fog";
    - spot, recognize, recognise [Brit], distinguish, discern, make out

Derived forms: picking out, picks out, picked out

Type of: decide, detect, determine, discover, find, make up one's mind, notice, observe