pick out

pick out
transitive verb
1) (choose) auswählen; (for oneself) sich (Dat.) aussuchen [Kleid, Blume]
2) (distinguish) ausmachen, entdecken [Detail, jemandes Gesicht in der Menge]

pick out something from something — etwas von etwas unterscheiden

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1) (to choose or select: She picked out one dress that she particularly liked.) auswählen
2) (to see or recognize (a person, thing etc): He must be among those people getting off the train, but I can't pick him out.) ausmachen
3) (to play (a piece of music), especially slowly and with difficulty, especially by ear, without music in front of one: I don't really play the piano, but I can pick out a tune on one with one finger.) sich eine Melodie zusammensuchen
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◆ pick out
vt
1. (select)
▪ to \pick out out ⇆ sth/sb etw/jdn aussuchen
2. (recognize)
▪ to \pick out out ⇆ sth/sb etw/jdn ausmachen [o erkennen]
we \pick outed our parents out quite easily in the old photographs wir fanden unsere Eltern auf den alten Fotografien ziemlich schnell
▪ to \pick out out ⇆ sth/sb etw/jdn hervorheben
the critics had \pick outed him out as one of the most outstanding male dancers of the decade die Kritiker priesen ihn als einen der besten Tänzer des Jahrzehnts
\pick outed out by a spotlight/searchlight von einem Scheinwerfer/Suchlicht erfasst
4. MUS
to \pick out out a tune on an instrument auf einem Instrument improvisieren
I can't do more than \pick out out a simple tune on the piano auf dem Klavier bringe ich nur einfache Melodien zustande
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vt sep
1) (= choose) aussuchen, auswählen

to pick out a few examples — um ein paar Beispiele herauszugreifen

2) (= remove) bad apples etc heraussuchen, auslesen
3) (= see, distinguish) person, familiar face ausmachen, entdecken

the spotlight picked out the leading dancer — der Scheinwerfer wurde auf den Haupttänzer gerichtet

4) (= highlight) hervorheben (in, with durch)
5) (MUS)

to pick out a tune (on the piano) —

he picked out a few notes — er spielte ein paar Takte

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pick out v/t
1. (sich) etwas auswählen
2. ausmachen, erkennen
3. fig den Sinn etc herausbekommen oder -finden, herauskriegen
4. jemanden (schnell) herausfinden (from [among] aus einer Gruppe etc)
5. sich eine Melodie (auf dem Klavier etc) zusammensuchen
6. (farblich) absetzen, durch Farbkontrast hervorheben
7. fig hervorheben
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transitive verb
1) (choose) auswählen; (for oneself) sich (Dat.) aussuchen [Kleid, Blume]
2) (distinguish) ausmachen, entdecken [Detail, jemandes Gesicht in der Menge]

pick out something from something — etwas von etwas unterscheiden

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v.
aussuchen v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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