select
//sɪˈlɛkt//
Forms
- Comparative
- more select
- Superlative
- most select
- Plural
- selects
- present (v1)
- select
- past (v2)
- selected
- past participle (v3)
- selected
- present participle
- selecting
- 3rd person singular
- selects
Definitions
1.Of high quality; top-notch.
- The two sisters at once called on Mrs. Bolton, in a newish house in a row, quite select for Tevershall.
- This is a select cut of beef.
2.Privileged, specially selected.
- Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.
- A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher.
- The child was upset when he was cut from select soccer and had to play on his school team with the rest of the plebes.
1.To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
- He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.
- The program computes all the students' grades, then selects a random sample for human verification.
2.To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.
1.A button (of a joystick, joypad or similar device) that, when pressed, activates any of certain predefined functions that usually, but not always, involve selecting something out of a list of items.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1791
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”)
From sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).