Meaning of "pick" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PICK

From earlier piken to pick, influenced by French piquer to pierce; compare Middle Low German picken, Dutch pikken.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PICK

pick  [pɪk]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PICK

Pick is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pick in English.

WHAT DOES PICK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pick in the English dictionary

The first definition of pick in the dictionary is to choose deliberately or carefully, from or as if from a group or number; select. Other definition of pick is to pluck or gather from. Pick is also to clean or prepare by removing the indigestible parts.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PICK

PRESENT

Present

I pick

you pick

he/she/it picks

we pick

you pick

they pick

Present continuous

I am picking

you are picking

he/she/it is picking

we are picking

you are picking

they are picking

Present perfect

I have picked

you have picked

he/she/it has picked

we have picked

you have picked

they have picked

Present perfect continuous

I have been picking

you have been picking

he/she/it has been picking

we have been picking

you have been picking

they have been picking

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I picked

you picked

he/she/it picked

we picked

you picked

they picked

Past continuous

I was picking

you were picking

he/she/it was picking

we were picking

you were picking

they were picking

Past perfect

I had picked

you had picked

he/she/it had picked

we had picked

you had picked

they had picked

Past perfect continuous

I had been picking

you had been picking

he/she/it had been picking

we had been picking

you had been picking

they had been picking

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will pick

you will pick

he/she/it will pick

we will pick

you will pick

they will pick

Future continuous

I will be picking

you will be picking

he/she/it will be picking

we will be picking

you will be picking

they will be picking

Future perfect

I will have picked

you will have picked

he/she/it will have picked

we will have picked

you will have picked

they will have picked

Future perfect continuous

I will have been picking

you will have been picking

he/she/it will have been picking

we will have been picking

you will have been picking

they will have been picking

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would pick

you would pick

he/she/it would pick

we would pick

you would pick

they would pick

Conditional continuous

I would be picking

you would be picking

he/she/it would be picking

we would be picking

you would be picking

they would be picking

Conditional perfect

I would have pick

you would have pick

he/she/it would have pick

we would have pick

you would have pick

they would have pick

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been picking

you would have been picking

he/she/it would have been picking

we would have been picking

you would have been picking

they would have been picking

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you pick
we let´s pick
you pick

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to pick

Past participle

picked

Present Participle

picking

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PICK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pick» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of pick

best · break into · cause · cherry-pick · choice · choose · collect · crack · cream · cull · cut · decision · elect · elite · finest · flag up · flower · foment · force · garner · gather · hand-pick · harvest · identify · incite · instigate · jemmy · jewel in the crown · nominate · open · option · pluck · preference · pride · prime · prize · provoke · pull · select · selection · sort out · specify · start · stir up · take in · tops

TRANSLATION OF PICK

Find out the translation of pick to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pick from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pick» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 精华
• Translator English - Spanish: escogido
• English: pick
• Translator English - Hindi: उठाओ
• Translator English - Arabic: إِنْتِقَاء
• Translator English - Russian: лучший представитель
• Translator English - Portuguese: melhor
• Translator English - Bengali: বাছাই
• Translator English - French: choix
• Translator English - Malay: Pilih
• Translator English - German: Spitzhacke
• Translator English - Japanese: 選択
• Translator English - Korean: 최상의 것
• Translator English - Javanese: Pick
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tinh hoa
• Translator English - Tamil: அழைத்து
• Translator English - Marathi: निवडा
• Translator English - Turkish: almak
• Translator English - Italian: scelta
• Translator English - Polish: kilof
• Translator English - Ukrainian: найкраща частина
• Translator English - Romanian: selecție
• Translator English - Greek: επιλογή
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kies
• Translator English - Swedish: val
• Translator English - Norwegian: valg

10 QUOTES WITH «PICK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pick.

1

Paul Anka

Things began to pick up for me record-wise when in 1971 I wrote 'She's a Lady' for Tom Jones.

2

Kelly Ayotte

If I am going to pick and choose the laws I defend, I wouldn't be doing my duty as attorney general.

3

Ben Barnes

No one wants to be with a girl that your mother would pick for you.

4

Joy Behar

I love a Dustbuster. You go around, pick up little crumbs, and everything is nice again.

5

Tom Bergeron

I tend to pick on the people I'm closest with because I know they know it's not personal.

6

Alain de Botton

Pick up any newspaper or magazine, open the TV, and you'll be bombarded with suggestions of how to have a successful life. Some of these suggestions are deeply unhelpful to our own projects and priorities - and we should take care.

7

Robert Burns

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.

8

Robert Carlyle

Guys, particularly in the West, go to the gym and train for hours and hours to pick up something that is heavier than them. Why would you want to do that?

9

John Carmack

The cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the addition of an obstacle to future expansion. The trick is to pick the features that don't fight each other.

10

Robert Caro

You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICK»

Discover the use of pick in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pick and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Pick Me: Breaking Into Advertising and Staying There

Forget the clichés, this is advertising as it really is. If you're hell-bent on making it, this informative guide will put you on track for a career in one of the most exciting businesses on the planet.

Nancy Vonk, Janet Kestin, 2010

Bone to Pick: Of Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Reparation, ...

Draws on the insights of relationship experts in the fields of psychiatry and law as well as the experiences of individuals who have had to overcome or accept emotional pain, offering perspectives on the power of moving past pain and ...

Ellis Cose, 2005

Pick Me: Breaking Into Advertising and Staying There

Forget the clichés, this is advertising as it really is. If you're hell-bent on making it, this informative guide will put you on track for a career in one of the most exciting businesses on the planet.

Nancy Vonk, Janet Kestin, 2005

Pick Me: Breaking Into Advertising and Staying There

Forget the clichés, this is advertising as it really is. If you're hell-bent on making it, this informative guide will put you on track for a career in one of the most exciting businesses on the planet.

Nancy Vonk, Janet Kestin, 2005

Faces of Degeneration: A European Disorder, C.1848-1918

Exploring the historical contexts in France, Italy, and England within which the idea was developed, this text traces the political issues to which the concept of degeneration gave rise during the period from the revolutions of 1848 to the ...

Daniel Pick, 1993

Pick Interpolation and Hilbert Function Spaces

The book first rigorously develops the theory of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces.

Jim Agler, John Edward McCarthy

Pick of the Litter

Twelve-year-old Tom learns first-hand about honor, first when he is wrongly accused of lying at school and then when he faces the risk of losing a puppy he has come to love while helping his grandfather train hunting dogs.

Bill Wallace, 2006

Don't Pick on Me: Help for Kids to Stand Up to and Deal with ...

The book includes more than forty ten-minute activities children can do with their parents to learn how to effectively handle emotional and physical bullying and be conscientious bystanders if they witness this behavior.

Susan Eikov Green, 2010

Day to Pick Your Own Cotton, A (Shenandoah Sisters Book #2)

The book continues the story begun in Angels Watching Over Me, of two very appealing but contrasting characters and their secret mission to provide a sanctuary for others who have been left alone and adrift by a tragic war.

Michael Phillips, 2003

Marvin Redpost #2: Why Pick on Me?

Illus. in black-and-white. Marvin is shunned by his classmates, best friends, and teacher after he is unfairly fingered as a nose-picker by the class bully. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Louis Sachar, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pick is used in the context of the following news items.

50-cent Pick Five bet wins man almost $500000

He was the only one to correctly pick the winners of the first five races: Realm (11-1), English Minister (3-1), Site Read (21-1), Hey Bro (24-1) ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

Ohio State the Big Ten media's unanimous pick to win conference

In the least surprising thing you'll see this Monday morning, the Big Ten media unanimously picked the defending national champions to win ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»

S.A. foodmaker has chance to be an H-E-B Primo Pick

San Antonio foodmaker Michael Flores has a shot at being named an H-E-B Primo Pick, giving him a chance to win cash and a spot on H-E-B's ... «mySanAntonio.com, Jul 15»

Magic trade second-round pick for Miami's Shabazz Napier

The Orlando Magic will acquire point guard Shabazz Napier from the Miami Heat for a protected future second-round pick. «Sun Times National, Jul 15»

Aaron Maybin, a first-round draft pick for Bills in 2009, finds peace …

Buffalo Bills first-round draft pick Aaron Maybin stands on the balcony of his Baltimore home. (James P. McCoy/ Buffalo News). His third-floor ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»

No. 1 overall pick Dansby Swanson hit in face by pitch, report says

The former Vanderbilt Commodore was at the Diamondbacks' extended spring training facility playing in a simulated game when a pitch from ... «SportingNews.com, Jul 15»

Standard Chartered Said to Pick U.A.E. CEO, Islamic Head

Standard Chartered Plc has selected global head of audit Julian Wynter as its chief executive officer for the United Arab Emirates, according to ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»

Depay or Firmino - who will you pick for your fantasy football team?

The new season of Fantasy Football iTeam is nearly upon us, and expert Ben Worrall is here to give you his tips on whether you should pick ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

'Bachelorette' Kaitlyn Bristowe's Final Pick May Surprise Fans …

Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe faces her final two picks, Shawn Booth and Nick Viall, at the final rose ceremony on Monday night, but who she ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»

All-tournament pick Collier helps U.S. beat Russia for gold

Napheesa Collier didn't know just how good she had played during the FIBA U19 Women's World Championship, but that became clear ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»