select

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Adjective select has 2 senses

choice, prime, prize, quality, select - of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
Antonym: inferior (indirect, via superior)
blue-ribbon, select - selected or chosen for special qualifications; "the blue-ribbon event of the season"
Antonym: inferior (indirect, via superior)

Verb select has 1 sense

choose, take, select, pick out - 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"
--₁ is one way to decide, make up one's mind, determine

Derived forms: noun selection₁, noun selector₁
Sample sentence:
They select him to write the letter

Select

Definition:

As a verb:

To carefully choose or pick out (someone or something) as being the best or most suitable.

To decide on a course of action or make a choice.

In computing, to highlight or choose an item or option from a menu or list.

In database management systems, to retrieve data from a table.

As a noun:

An act of selecting something or someone.

In computing, an item or option that is highlighted or chosen from a menu or list.

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As a verb:

She carefully selects her clothes for every important occasion.

The manager will select the employees who will participate in the training program.

It's time to select a movie for tonight.

Use your mouse to select the desired option from the dropdown menu.

The SQL query is designed to select all records from the 'Customers' table.

As a noun:

I made a select of the most popular books in the library.

Click on the 'Submit' select to proceed with the form submission.

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