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select en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /sɪˈlɛkt/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /səˈlɛkt/

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”).

Meanings

1. Privileged, specially selected.
   • Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.
   • 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. 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
   • 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. 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XX, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
2. 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. 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter VII, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC:
   • This is a select cut of beef.

Forms

Translations (31)

bg избран (privileged, specially selected) · cmn 特定 (privileged, specially selected) · hu kiválogatott (privileged, specially selected) · pt seleto (privileged, specially selected) · sk vyvolený (privileged, specially selected) · hu válogatott (of high quality; top-notch) · id tertentu (privileged, specially selected) · hu előkelő (of high quality; top-notch) · pt seleto (of high quality; top-notch) · hu válogatott (privileged, specially selected) · hu kiszemelt (privileged, specially selected) · hu kiváló (of high quality; top-notch) · nl select (privileged, specially selected) · id pilihan (of high quality; top-notch) · es selecto (of high quality; top-notch) · fr sélect (privileged, specially selected) · pt selecionado (privileged, specially selected) · bg подбран (privileged, specially selected) · es cogollo (of high quality; top-notch) · cmn 精选 (of high quality; top-notch) · hu kiválasztott (privileged, specially selected) · la ēlectus (privileged, specially selected) · ru отбо́рный (of high quality; top-notch) · hu választékos (of high quality; top-notch) · hu kitűnő (of high quality; top-notch) · grc ἐκλεκτός (privileged, specially selected) · hu gondosan összeválogatott (privileged, specially selected) · hu finom (of high quality; top-notch) · sk vyberaný (of high quality; top-notch) · bg висококачествен (of high quality; top-notch) · hu exkluzív (of high quality; top-notch)

select en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /sɪˈlɛkt/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /səˈlɛkt/

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”).

Meanings

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

Antonyms

deselect

Deriveds

Western Canadian Select (from all parts of speech) · selectability (from all parts of speech) · ultraselect (from all parts of speech) · superselect (from all parts of speech) · misselect (from all parts of speech) · selectperson (from all parts of speech) · selector (from all parts of speech) · selectorate (from all parts of speech) · selectome (from all parts of speech) · reselect (from all parts of speech) · select out (from all parts of speech) · preselect (from all parts of speech) · autoselect (from all parts of speech) · selectwoman (from all parts of speech) · unselect (from all parts of speech) · underselect (from all parts of speech) · selectness (from all parts of speech) · selectable (from all parts of speech) · selectee (from all parts of speech) · selectman (from all parts of speech) · downselect (from all parts of speech) · subselect (from all parts of speech) · nonselecting (from all parts of speech) · select vestry (from all parts of speech) · selectly (from all parts of speech) · select meeting (from all parts of speech) · counterselect (from all parts of speech) · select agent (from all parts of speech) · self-select (from all parts of speech) · multiselect (from all parts of speech) · selectin (from all parts of speech) · bioselect (from all parts of speech) · quickselect (from all parts of speech) · hand-select (from all parts of speech) · overselect (from all parts of speech) · select committee (from all parts of speech)

Relateds

elite · elective · selection · en · option-select · election · elect · selective

Synonyms

choose (to choose) · opt (to choose)

Translations (101)

got 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to choose one or more elements from a set) · hi चुनना (to choose one or more elements from a set) · ota سچمك (to choose one or more elements from a set) · hu kiválaszt (to choose one or more elements from a set) · ar اِخْتَارَ (to choose one or more elements from a set) · fr choisir (to choose one or more elements from a set) · nl selecteer (to choose one or more elements from a set) · sv utvälja (to choose one or more elements from a set) · hu beválogat (to choose one or more elements from a set) · cmn 選 /选 (to choose one or more elements from a set) · qu akllay (to choose one or more elements from a set) · grc αἱρέομαι (to choose one or more elements from a set) · ang ceosan (to choose one or more elements from a set) · pl selekcjonować (to choose one or more elements from a set) · mi tīpako (to choose one or more elements from a set) · la dēligō (to choose one or more elements from a set) · he בחר (to choose one or more elements from a set) · grc ἐκλέγω (to choose one or more elements from a set) · pt seletar (to choose one or more elements from a set) · egy s-t:p-stp:Y1 (to choose one or more elements from a set) · cmn 挑選 /挑选 (to choose one or more elements from a set) · km រើស (to choose one or more elements from a set) · th คัดเลือก (to choose one or more elements from a set) · cy dethol (to choose one or more elements from a set) · mba namili (to choose one or more elements from a set) · pt escolher (to choose one or more elements from a set) · sk vyberať si (to choose one or more elements from a set) · pt optar por (to choose one or more elements from a set) · ckb ھەڵبژاردن (to choose one or more elements from a set) · ko 고르다 (to choose one or more elements from a set) · id memilih (to choose one or more elements from a set) · rm selecziunar (to choose one or more elements from a set) · ba һайлау (to choose one or more elements from a set) · mi tīpako (to obtain a set of data) · te ఎంచుకొను (to choose one or more elements from a set) · lb auswielen (to choose one or more elements from a set) · ga togh (to choose one or more elements from a set) · cmn 選拔 /选拔 (to choose one or more elements from a set) · cs vybrat (to choose one or more elements from a set) · io selektar (to choose one or more elements from a set) · alt сайлаар (to choose one or more elements from a set) · nl uitkiezen (to choose one or more elements from a set) · arz اختار (to choose one or more elements from a set) · ht chwazi (to choose one or more elements from a set) · ba һайҙау (to choose one or more elements from a set) · gl escolmar (to choose one or more elements from a set) · bg избирам (to choose one or more elements from a set) · pl wybierać (to choose one or more elements from a set) · el επιλέγω (to choose one or more elements from a set) · gl seleccionar (to choose one or more elements from a set) · et valima (to choose one or more elements from a set) · la legō (to choose one or more elements from a set) · ja 選ぶ (to choose one or more elements from a set) · sh izbrati (to choose one or more elements from a set) · la optō (to choose one or more elements from a set) · it scegliere (to choose one or more elements from a set) · qu chihlluy (to choose one or more elements from a set) · sv välja ut (to choose one or more elements from a set) · pt selecionar (to choose one or more elements from a set) · hi चयन करना (to choose one or more elements from a set) · fr sélectionner (to choose one or more elements from a set) · vi lựa (to choose one or more elements from a set) · sh izabrati (to choose one or more elements from a set) · km ជ្រើសរើស (to choose one or more elements from a set) · ru отбира́ть (to choose one or more elements from a set) · la sēligō (to choose one or more elements from a set) · km ចម្រាញ់ (to choose one or more elements from a set) · ca seleccionar (to choose one or more elements from a set) · cho atokoli (to choose one or more elements from a set) · kmr hilbijartin (to choose one or more elements from a set) · sa वृणोति (to choose one or more elements from a set) · pl wybrać (to choose one or more elements from a set) · km ជ្រើស (to choose one or more elements from a set) · gl escoller (to choose one or more elements from a set) · eu hautatu (to choose one or more elements from a set) · sv välja (to choose one or more elements from a set) · cmn 选取 (to obtain a set of data) · es seleccionar (to choose one or more elements from a set) · eo selekti (to choose one or more elements from a set) · eo elekti (to choose one or more elements from a set) · sk vybrať (to choose one or more elements from a set) · fi valita (to choose one or more elements from a set) · mr निवडणे (to choose one or more elements from a set) · evn синма- (to choose one or more elements from a set) · mk избира (to choose one or more elements from a set) · eu aukeratu (to choose one or more elements from a set) · mi whiri (to choose one or more elements from a set) · id pilih (to choose one or more elements from a set) · cy dewis (to choose one or more elements from a set) · vo sesukön (to choose one or more elements from a set) · te ఎంచు (to choose one or more elements from a set) · de auswählen (to choose one or more elements from a set) · so xulid (to choose one or more elements from a set) · es cribar (to choose one or more elements from a set) · ne छान्नु (to choose one or more elements from a set) · it selezionare (to choose one or more elements from a set) · sk vyberať (to choose one or more elements from a set) · sk selektovať (to obtain a set of data) · gd tagh (to choose one or more elements from a set) · sk vybrať si (to choose one or more elements from a set) · sk vyselektovať (to obtain a set of data)