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

---

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

---

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

---

Do you know this game?

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins