Select
select [ si lékt ]
transitive and intransitive verb (3rd person present singular selects, present participle selecting, past and past participle selected)
Definition:
choose from others: to choose somebody or something from among
several
selected a chocolate from the box
adjective
Definition:
1. of good quality: chosen on grounds of particularly high quality
2. having limited membership: admitting only a few carefully chosen
members
one of the more select gentlemen's clubs
3. specially chosen: chosen from several others and given special
treatment or a special privilege
advance copies sent to a select few
4. discriminating: showing care and discernment when choosing
noun (plural selects)
Definition:
somebody or something chosen: somebody or something chosen from among others, often on the basis of high quality ( often used in the plural )
[Mid-16th century. < Latin select-, past participle of seligere< legere 'pick out']
selectable adjective
selectee [ si lék tee ] noun
selectness noun