SELECT

select, blue-ribbon(a)

(adjective) selected or chosen for special qualifications; “the blue-ribbon event of the season”

choice, prime, prize, quality, select

(adjective) of superior grade; “choice wines”; “prime beef”; “prize carnations”; “quality paper”; “select peaches”

choose, take, select, pick out

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

select (comparative more select, superlative most select)

Privileged, specially selected.

Of high quality; top-notch.

Verb

select (third-person singular simple present selects, present participle selecting, simple past and past participle selected)

To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.

(databases) To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.

Synonyms

• (to choose): choose, opt

Antonyms

• deselect

Anagrams

• celest, elects, scelet

Noun

Select (plural Selects)

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.

Anagrams

• celest, elects, scelet

Source: Wiktionary

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Se*lect", a. Etym: [L. selectus, p. p. of seligere to select; pref. se- aside + levere to gather. See Legend.]

Definition: 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.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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