select
Privileged, specially selected.
Adjective 2 meanings
Privileged, specially selected.
“Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.”
Of high quality; top-notch.
“This is a select cut of beef.”
Verb 2 meanings
To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
“He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.”
To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.
Etymology
From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).
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SELECT at a glance
SELECT has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (S 1 + E 1 + L 1 + E 1 + C 3 + T 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,268 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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