select

Speech parts

1. select - Noun

2. select - Adjective

3. select - Verb

4. select - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

choose opt pick out prime name take quality choice prize prefer pick elect appoint designate sort out
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Antonyms

tomahawk common lower need poor minor
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Hypernyms

determine decide make up one's mind

Hyponyms

dial set field vote follow determine

Related terms

election selection elite elect selective elective

Phrases with the word

military select-fire rifle re-select military select-fire carbine hand-select select group select room

Derivatives

selected selecting

Anagrams

scelet celest

Examples

The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand. Henry Adams

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. Joseph Addison

If you want work well done, select a busy man the other kind has no time. Elbert Hubbard

The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Only a few hundred people in the world have any real say. When you go to an Art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires. Banksy

A tailor does not select his cloth. Swahili Proverb

The frog select a leader. Thai Proverb

Close letter words and terms

seldshewn sele Selecao select agent select committee select for