self-select

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self-select (third-person singular simple present self-selects, present participle self-selecting, simple past and past participle self-selected)

To make a choice for oneself.
- 2010, Wendy Bohte, Residential Self-selection and Travel:
  Moreover, households that prefer public transportation or slow modes, or only slightly prefer car use, should be able to self-select to areas that support the use of public transportation, walking and cycling.
(linguistics, intransitive) To take one's turn in a conversation by electing to speak.
- 1980, Mary Ritchie Key, The Relationship of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication, page 295:
  On the other hand, gapping is inhibited by the fact that current speaker may select next speaker or may continue his turn should no one self-select, by the fact that self-selectors are encouraged to begin early in the current speaker's turn to plan for the start of their own turn, and by the fact that the current speaker, knowing that self-selectors will begin their self-selection at the earliest possible moment, is encouraged to select next speaker at an early point in his turn.