单词 | preselected |
释义 | preselectedadj. A thing which has been selected beforehand. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adjective] > selecting > selected > in advance preselected1851 1851 Brit. Q. Rev. Nov. 286 The province of Silesia was the pre-selected booty of a war undertaken to secure it. 1865 Washington Observations (U.S. Naval Observatory) p. xlviii The co-operation of this observatory in a series of meridian declination measures of the planet and certain preselected stars was asked. 1933 W. H. Auden in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1978) Aug. 305 The pre-selected gear adjusted. 1999 C. Mendelson Home Comforts iv. 44/1 Sometimes it seems easier to buy a preselected bag of apples or package of green beans, but you are usually better off picking out your own. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1851 |
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