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verb (used with object)
1.
to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
verb (used without object)
2.
to make a choice; pick.
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adjective
3.
chosen in preference to another or others; selected.
4.
choice; of special value or excellence.
5.
careful or fastidious in selecting; discriminating.
6.
carefully or fastidiously chosen; exclusive: a select group of friends.
Origin:
1555–65; < Latin sēlēctus (past participle of sēligere to gather apart), equivalent to sē- se- + leg(ere) to gather, choose + -tus past participle suffix
1555–65; < Latin sēlēctus (past participle of sēligere to gather apart), equivalent to sē- se- + leg(ere) to gather, choose + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
se·lec·ta·ble, adjective
se·lec·ta·bil·i·ty, noun
se·lect·ly, adverb
se·lect·ness, noun
se·lec·tor, noun
EXPANDnon·se·lect·ed, adjective
re·se·lect, verb (used with object)
un·se·lect, adjective
un·se·lect·ed, adjective
well-se·lect·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
select
1565, from L. selectus, pp. of seligere "choose out, select," from se- "apart" (see secret) + legere "to gather, select" (see lecture). The verb is attested from 1567. The noun meaning "a selected person or thing" is recorded from 1610. Selection
EXPANDis attested from 1646; applied to actions of breeders (first attested 1837), hence use by Darwin (1857). Selective is first recorded 1625; selective service is from 1917, Amer.Eng. New England selectman first recorded 1646.
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