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- [si-lekt]
- /sɪˈlɛkt/
- /sɪˈlekt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [si-lekt]
- /sɪˈlɛkt/
Definitions of select word
- verb with object select to choose in preference to another or others; pick out. 1
- verb without object select to make a choice; pick. 1
- adjective select chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred. 1
- adjective select choice; of special value or excellence. 1
- adjective select careful or fastidious in selecting; discriminating. 1
- adjective select carefully or fastidiously chosen; exclusive: a select group of friends. 1
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Origin of select
First appearance:
before 1555 One of the 31% oldest English words
1555-65; < Latin sēlēctus (past participle of sēligere to gather apart), equivalent to sē- se- + leg(ere) to gather, choose + -tus past participle suffix
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Parts of speech for Select
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
select popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
select usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for select
adj select
- a-1 — noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- a1 — in good health; physically fit
- blue-ribbon — of superior quality or prominence; first-rate; specially selected: a blue-ribbon committee of fund-raisers.
- bullier — a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
- bulliest — a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
verb select
- adopt — If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
- appoint — If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it.
- assign — If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do.
- avulse — to remove or take away by force
- blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
noun select
- carriage trade — trade from the wealthy part of society
- druthers — one's own way, choice, or preference: If I had my druthers, I'd dance all night.
- firsts — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- glitterati — The fashionable set of people engaged in show business or some other glamorous activity.
- in-crowd — in-group (def 1).
adjective select
- associative — Associative thoughts are things that you think of because you see, hear, or think of something that reminds you of those things or which you associate with those things.
- choicy — Fastidious; choosy; discriminating.
- clannish — If you describe a group of people as clannish, you mean that they often spend time together and may seem unfriendly to other people who are not in the group.
- cream — Cream is a thick yellowish-white liquid taken from milk. You can use it in cooking or put it on fruit or desserts.
- culled — to choose; select; pick.
Antonyms for select
verb select
- deselect — (of a constituency organization) to refuse to select (an existing MP) for re-election
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