select
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
Adjective
select (comparative more select, superlative most select)
- Privileged, specially selected.
- Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.
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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.
- Of high quality; top-notch.
- This is a select cut of beef.
Translations
privileged, specially selected
of high quality; top-notch
Verb
select (third-person singular simple present selects, present participle selecting, simple past and past participle selected)
- 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.
- (databases) To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.
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to choose one or more elements from a set
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to obtain a set of data
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