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select::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | choose, pick out, take |
| Type of | decide, determine, make up one's mind |
| Has types | cull out, define, determine, dial, draw, elect, empanel, espouse, excerpt, extract, field, fix, follow, go, impanel, limit, nominate, panel, pick, pick over, plump, propose, screen, screen out, set, set apart, sieve, sieve out, adopt, single out, skim off, sort, specify, take out, think of, vote, vote in, winnow, sift, anoint, assign, cream off |
| Derivation | selection, selective, selector |
She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her.
select::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blue-ribbon |
Examples of select
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Tryouts for select teams are held in August with practice starting in September.
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Fans can get a free ticket voucher for select games during their birthday month.
From the usatoday.com
Service is available in select metropolitan markets, not available in all areas.
From the online.wsj.com
Toyota's Entune will be available as an option on select models later this year.
From the online.wsj.com
Weider is also one of a select few musicians to have an endorsement from Fender.
From the timesunion.com
They join Prada, Marc Jacobs and many other select brands we are proud to offer.
From the post-gazette.com
Now, investigators can select individual cells for activation by focusing light.
From the sciencedaily.com
It would carefully select products and then support them with intense marketing.
From the businessweek.com
The first step in setting up a GRAT is to select an asset to put into the trust.
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- Choice: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
- Choose: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
- Blue-ribbon(a): selected or chosen for special qualifications; "the blue-ribbon event of the season"
- (selected) chosen in preference to another
- (selection) choice: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
- (selection) an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes"
- Select is the second studio album by Kim Wilde, released in 1982.
- Select was a United Kingdom music magazine of the 1990s which was particularly known for covering Britpop, a term coined in the magazine by Stuart Maconie. ...
- The SQL SELECT statement returns a result set of records from one or more tables.
