select
adjectiveverbcommon in dialogue
- //sɪˈlɛkt//
- //səˈlɛkt//
Privileged, specially selected.
adjective
- 1
Privileged, specially selected.
Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.
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.
A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher.
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.
The two sisters at once called on Mrs. Bolton, in a newish house in a row, quite select for Tevershall.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *s(w)éder. Latin sē- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin sēlegō Latin sēlēctuslbor. English select From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).
verb
- 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.
Forms
- comparative
- more select
- superlative
- most select
- past tense
- selected
- past participle
- selected
- present participle
- selecting
- third person singular
- selects
select · Privileged, specially selected.
Select · A button (of a joystick, joypad or similar device) that, when…selected · That have been selected or chosen.selection · The process or act of selecting.