select

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Privileged, specially selected.

   • Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.
   • 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.
2. 2

   Of high quality

   Of high quality; top-notch.

   • This is a select cut of beef.
   • The two sisters at once called on Mrs. Bolton, in a newish house in a row, quite select for Tevershall.
3. 3

   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.
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   1. 4

      To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.

   2. 5

      A button (of a joystick, joypad or similar device) that, when pressed, activates any of…

      A button (of a joystick, joypad or similar device) that, when pressed, activates any of certain predefined functions that usually, but not always, involve selecting something out of a list of items.

The neighborhood

• antonymdeselect
• neighborelect
• neighborelection
• neighborelective
• neighborelite
• neighboren
• neighboroption-select
• neighborselection
• neighborselective