select
Academic Word List, sublist 2.
About 35.64 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Privileged, specially selected.
Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.
- adjective Of high quality; top-notch.
This is a select cut of beef.
- verb To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.
- verb To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.
Similar words
choose choice prime quality superior fine take pick out prize blue-ribbon
Often followed by
the a committee and one an from for it
Word family
selectable selected selecting selection selections selective selectively selectness selectnesses selector
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