Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

downselect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: downs-e-lect
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to narrow the field of choices, especially, to choose a supplier from candidates under consideration

Example Sentences

"We need to check with Quality Assurance before we downselect the test equipment vendor."

Etymology

From down- + select.

Inflected Forms

downselects (present, singular) downselecting (participle, present) downselected (participle, past) downselected (past)

Phrases

narrow down

Frequently Paired Words

narrow down shortlist

Questions

What does downselect mean?: to narrow the field of choices, especially, to choose a supplier from candidates under consideration
Where does downselect come from?: From down- + select.

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