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select

See also: Select and sélect

English

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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select (comparative more select, superlative most select)

  1. Privileged, specially selected.
    Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.
  2. Of high quality; top-notch.
    This is a select cut of beef.

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Verb

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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.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of select
infinitive (to) select
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

† Archaic or obsolete.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French select.

Adjective

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select m or n (feminine singular selectă, masculine plural selecți, feminine and neuter plural selecte)

  1. select

Declension

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Declension of select
singular plural
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
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