'Select' definitions:
Definition of 'select'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Select'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Select'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The pious chief . . . A hundred youths from all his train selects. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'select'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Select'
- Selected,
- Selectedly,
- Selecting,
- Selection,
- Selective,
- Selectness,
- selectively,
- selectivity,
- Natural selection,
- Select vestry,
- Sexual selection,
- select committee,
- selective amnesia,
- selective information,
- selective jamming,
- selective lipectomy,
- selective service,
- selective service system,
- selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor