Select




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Select \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.
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The pious chief . . .
A hundred youths from all his train selects. --Dryden.
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Select \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.
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A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and
formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher.
--Macaulay.
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select
adj 1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize
carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn:
choice, prime(a), prize, quality, select]

2: selected or chosen for special qualifications; "the blue-
ribbon event of the season" [syn: blue-ribbon(a), select]
v 1: 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" [syn: choose,
take, select, pick out]
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select [silekt]
Vorgabe

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select [səlɛkt]
elected

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select

auslesen; auswählen; selektieren
select

auserwählt; auserlesen; ausgesucht; exklusiv adj
select

wählen; auswählen; küren vt
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183 Moby Thesaurus words for "select":
accepted, adopted, advert to, allude to, analyze, appoint,
appointed, approved, assign, be taken as, best, better, carried,
champion, choice, choose, choose out, chosen, clannish, cliquish,
closed, contradistinguish, cream, cull, dainty, decide between,
delicate, demarcate, demark, denominate, denote, designate,
designated, determine, differentiate, discriminate, discriminating,
distinguish, divide, draw the line, elect, elected,
elected by acclamation, elegant, elite, emblematize, embraced,
espoused, ethnocentric, excellent, exceptional, excerpt, excluding,
exclusive, exclusory, exquisite, extract, fat, favored, favorite,
figure, fine, finest, finger, first-class, first-rate, fix, flower,
for the best, glean, greatest, handpick, handpicked, inadmissible,
indicate, insular, limited, make a selection, mark,
mark the interface, matchless, mention, name, named, narrow,
nominate, nominated, nonesuch, nonpareil, opt for, optimal,
optimum, ordain, ordinate, paragon, paramount, parochial, passed,
peerless, pick, pick out, picked, pin down, point at, point out,
point to, preclusive, prefer, preferable, preferred, prescriptive,
preventive, prime, privileged, prize, prohibitive, queen,
quintessence, quintessential, rare, ratified, recherche, refer to,
restricted, restrictive, screen, screen out, screened, seclusive,
segregate, segregative, selected, selective, separate, separative,
set, set a limit, set apart, set off, sever, severalize, sieve,
sieve out, sift, sift out, signify, single out, snobbish, snobby,
sort, sort out, special, specialize, specify, split hairs,
stand for, state, stigmatize, stipulate, subdivide, subtilize,
superior, superlative, supreme, surpassing, symbol, symbolize, tab,
take, the best, the best ever, the tops, the very best, top,
typify, unanimously elected, unmatchable, unmatched, unparalleled,
unsurpassed, very best, winnow, xenophobic



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