Espouse and Select

Espouse

Espouse verb - Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans.
Usage example: The candidate espouses Republican ideals

Select and espouse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Select" instead a verb "Espouse".

Select

Select verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.
Usage example: selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship

Espouse and select are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Espouse" instead a verb "Select".

Common collocations

order espouse order select order
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