Look at the following Merriam-Webster Online dictionary entry for the word browse.

browse verb / brauz!

transitive verb

3: to access (a network) by means of a browser

intransitive verb

1 a: to feed on or as if on browse

b: graze

2 a: to skim through a book reading passages that catch

the eye

b: to look over or through an aggregate of things casually

especially in search of something of interest

Which definition is most likely intended in the following sentence?

I'll let you browse through the sandals, and you just let me know when you

want to try something on.

A. Transitive definition 3

B. Intransitive definition 2b

C. Intransitive definition 2a

D. Intransitive definition 1a

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Phoenix Ortiz

3 August, 18:22

Look at the following Merriam-Webster Online dictionary entry for the word browse.

browse verb / brauz!

transitive verb

3: to access (a network) by means of a browser

intransitive verb

1 a: to feed on or as if on browse

b: graze

2 a: to skim through a book reading passages that catch

the eye

b: to look over or through an aggregate of things casually

especially in search of something of interest

Which definition is most likely intended in the following sentence?

I'll let you browse through the sandals, and you just let me know when you

want to try something on.

A. Transitive definition 3

B. Intransitive definition 2b

C. Intransitive definition 2a

D. Intransitive definition 1a

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Carolina Welch · Answer 1

The definition that best suits the given sentence is Intransitive definition 2b.

Explanation:

The word browse means, in this context, to look over or through an aggregate of things casually especially in search of something of interest. In the given sentence, the person is going to look through a variety of sandals to look for something he/she might like.

Here, the sandals become the aggregate things, where the person is trying to find something of interest. Hence, Intransitive definition 2b is suitable for the given sentence.