downselect

English

Etymology

From down- +‎ select.

Verb

downselect (third-person singular simple present downselects, present participle downselecting, simple past and past participle 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.

See also

• shortlist