select

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See also: Select and sélect

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪˈlɛkt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkt
  • Hyphenation: se‧lect

Adjective

select (comparative more select, superlative most select)

  1. Privileged, specially selected.
    Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.
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      A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher.
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      At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
  2. Of high quality; top-notch.
    This is a select cut of beef.

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Verb

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

  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. (databases) To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.

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