select
select Lexical Profile
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• verb
To carefully choose a person or thing from among several alternatives as being the best or most suitable.
"The committee will select three finalists after reviewing all the research proposals."
To highlight or specify an item, option, or block of text on a computer screen for an operation.
"Click and drag the cursor to select the paragraph you wish to copy."
• adjective
Carefully chosen from a larger number as being the best, most suitable, or most valuable.
"The bakery uses only select ingredients imported from artisan producers across Europe."
Exclusive and restricted to a small, privileged, or wealthy group of people.
"Only a select group of scholars was granted access to the ancient manuscripts in the archive."
• noun
A person or thing carefully chosen from a larger group as being the best or most suitable, especially a preferred photograph or video take in media production.
"The photo editor narrowed the shoot down to a dozen selects for the magazine cover."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century from Latin selectus, the past participle of seligere ('to choose out, single out'), formed from the prefix se- ('apart') and legere ('to gather, choose').