downselect

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verb

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

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

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Meanings

verbdownselect (third-person singular simple present downselects, present participle downselecting, simple past and past participle downselected)

present singular third person downselects · participle present downselecting · participle past downselected · past downselected

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

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

Origin

From down- + select.

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APA

downselect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downselect

MLA

“downselect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downselect. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “downselect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downselect.

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