Select

/sɪˈlɛkt/ · adjective

Meaning

Privileged, specially selected..

Definitions by Sense

1. Privileged, specially selected.
2. Of high quality; top-notch.
3. To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
4. (databases) To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.

Example Sentences

Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.

The child was upset when he was cut from select soccer and had to play on his school team with the rest of the plebes.

A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher.

At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

This is a select cut of beef.

The two sisters at once called on Mrs. Bolton, in a newish house in a row, quite select for Tevershall.

He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.

The program computes all the students' grades, then selects a random sample for human verification.

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• more select
• most select
• selects
• selecting
• selected
• no-table-tags
• glossary
• select
• selectest
• selectedst
• selecteth
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