unselect

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ select.

Verb

unselect (third-person singular simple present unselects, present participle unselecting, simple past and past participle unselected)

1. (computing, transitive) To cancel a previous selection, especially by removing a mark from a tick box.
2. (transitive) To reverse the previous selection of. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• deselect

Translations

to cancel a previous selection

• Finnish: poistaa valinta
• French: désélectionner (fr)
• Portuguese: desselecionar
• Slovak: odznačiť, odznačovať, zrušiť výber, rušiť výber
• Spanish: deseleccionar (es), desmarcar (es)

to reverse the previous selection decision

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