select (verb)

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• select — ► VERB ▪ carefully choose as being the best or most suitable. ► ADJECTIVE 1) carefully chosen as being among the best. 2) used by or consisting of a wealthy or sophisticated elite. DERIVATIVES selectable adjective selectness noun …   English terms dictionary

• select — I adjective accepted, adopted, appointed, best, capital, choice, chosen, culled, designated, elected, electus, elite, embraced, excellent, exceptional, exclusive, exquisitus, first rate, good, handpicked, matchless, named, picked, popular,… …   Law dictionary

• select — verb 1》 carefully choose as being the best or most suitable. 2》 (select for/against) Biology (in terms of evolution) determine whether (a characteristic or organism) will survive. adjective 1》 carefully chosen from a larger number as being the… …   English new terms dictionary

• select — ▪ I. select select 2 adjective used, visited, or bought only by a small group of people; = EXCLUSIVE: • Haute couture designers create superexpensive clothes that are sold to a select few customers worldwide. • This flat is situated on a small… …   Financial and business terms

• select — I. adjective Etymology: Latin selectus, past participle of seligere to select, from se apart (from sed, se without) + legere to gather, select more at suicide, legend Date: circa 1555 1. chosen from a number or group by fitness or preference 2. a …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• select — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ carefully ▪ specially, specifically ▪ deliberately ▪ arbitrarily, at random, randomly …   Collocations dictionary

• select — I UK [sɪˈlekt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms select : present tense I/you/we/they select he/she/it selects present participle selecting past tense selected past participle selected *** 1) to choose someone or something from a group You can… …   English dictionary

• select — se|lect1 [ sı lekt ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to choose someone or something from a group: You can select one of four colors. select someone to do something: We re going to select two students to represent the school. select someone/something for …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• select — [[t]sɪle̱kt[/t]] ♦♦♦ selects, selecting, selected 1) VERB If you select something, you choose it from a number of things of the same kind. [V n] Voters are selecting candidates for both US Senate seats and for 52 congressional seats... [V n] With …   English dictionary

• select*/ — [sɪˈlekt] verb [T] I 1) to choose someone or something from a group You can select one of four colours.[/ex] We re going to select two students to represent the school.[/ex] The group had been carefully selected for the study because of their… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• select — 1 /sifi lekt/ verb (T) to choose something by carefully thinking about which is the best, most suitable etc: I selected four postcards and handed them to the cashier. | select sb to do sth: Simon s been selected to represent us at the conference… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English