deselecting
present participle ofdeselect
deselect
verb[Toften passive]
politicsUKspecializeduk/ˌdiː.səˈlekt/us/ˌdiː.səˈlekt/tochoose, as alocalpoliticalparty, not to have thepersonwho nowrepresentsyourpartyasyourcandidateat the nextelection
Elections
- absentee
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- absentee vote
- absentee voter
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- flip
- franchise
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- proxy vote
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- voting machine
- voting slip
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deselecting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
By selecting ordeselectingitems in a set of columns, the user can iteratively refine a faceted search until they get the desired result.
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Camelot must also make available for public inspection its criteria for selecting, ordeselecting, the retailers that it uses.
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For instance by automatically selecting ordeselectingfeatures that must or must not, respectively, be selected for the configuration to be completed successfully.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Most peripherals allow or require several transfers while the select line is low; this routine might be called several times beforedeselectingthe chip.
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