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Select

Select Meaning & Definition
Select Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Select?

[adj] selected or chosen for special qualifications; "the blue-ribbon event of the season"
[adj] of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
[v] pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Select: blue-ribbon(a) | choice | choose | pick out | prime(a) | prize | quality | superior | take

Related Terms | Find terms related to Select:

See Also | adopt | assign | center out | cream off | cull out | decide | determine | dial | draw | elect | empanel | espouse | excerpt | extract | fix | follow | go | go with | impanel | limit | make up one's mind | nominate | panel | pick | pick over | plump | propose | screen | screen out | set | set apart | side | sieve | sieve out | sift | single out | skim off | sort | specify | take out | think of | vote | vote in

Select In Webster's Dictionary

\Se*lect"\, a. [L. selectus, p. p. of seligere to select; pref. se- aside + levere to gather. See {Legend}.] Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice. A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher. --Macaulay.
\Se*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Selected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Selecting}.] To choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best authors for perusal. ``One peculiar nation to select.'' --Milton. The pious chief . . . A hundred youths from all his train selects. --Dryden.

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