select
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
select (comparative more select, superlative most select)
- Privileged, specially selected.
- Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 20, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher.
- 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
- 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 edit
privileged, specially selected
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of high quality; top-notch
Verb edit
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.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of select
| infinitive | (to) select | ||
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| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | select | selected | |
| 2nd-person singular | select, selectest† | selected, selectedst† | |
| 3rd-person singular | selects, selecteth† | selected | |
| plural | select | ||
| subjunctive | select | selected | |
| imperative | select | — | |
| participles | selecting | selected | |
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
to choose one or more elements from a set
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to obtain a set of data
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Derived terms edit
from all parts of speech
- autoselect
- bioselect
- counterselect
- downselect
- misselect
- multiselect
- overselect
- preselect
- quickselect
- reselect
- selectability
- selectable
- select agent
- select committee
- selectee
- selectin
- selectly
- selectman
- select meeting
- selectness
- selectome
- selector
- selectorate
- select out
- selectperson
- select vestry
- selectwoman
- self-select
- subselect
- superselect
- ultraselect
- underselect
- unselect
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
select m or n (feminine singular selectă, masculine plural selecți, feminine and neuter plural selecte)
Declension edit
Declension of select
| singular | plural | ||||||
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | select | selectă | selecți | selecte | ||
| definite | selectul | selecta | selecții | selectele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | select | selecte | selecți | selecte | ||
| definite | selectului | selectei | selecților | selectelor | |||