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select

[ si-lekt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.


verb (used without object)

  1. to make a choice; pick.

adjective

  1. chosen in preference to another or others; selected.
  2. of special value or excellence; choice.
  3. careful or fastidious in selecting; discriminating.
  4. carefully or fastidiously chosen; exclusive:

    a select group of friends.

select

/ ɪˈɛ /

verb

  1. to choose (someone or something) in preference to another or others
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. Alsoselected chosen in preference to another or others
  2. of particular quality or excellence
  3. limited as to membership or entry

    a select gathering

  4. careful in making a choice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𳦳ٲԱ, noun
  • ˈ𳦳ٱ, adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of select1

First recorded in 1555–65; from Latin ŧŧٳܲ (past participle of ŧ “to gather apart”), equivalent to ŧ- “apart” + leg(ere) “to gather, choose” + -tus past participle suffix; lection ( def ), se-
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of select1

C16: from Latin ŧ to sort, from ŧ- apart + legere to choose
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Synonym Study

See choose.
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Example Sentences

"I do think that it can work with select clubs," he says.

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Yet despite these warning signs, he was selected as the presidential candidate for South Korea's conservative People Power Party.

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Watkins became the first Trojan to be selected the Associated Press player of the year Thursday, joining Courtney Paris, Maya Moore and Breanna Stewart as just the fourth sophomore to win the award.

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He studied it for a moment, then gently pointed out that I had, in fact, selected a burial plot.

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Also, a select number of events — rather than all of them — are priced on a sliding-scale model.

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