select

Syllables: se·lect/sɪˈlɛkt/

select adjective: privileged, specially selected.

Adjective

select (comparative more select, superlative most select)

Privileged, specially selected.
- Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.
- The child was upset when he was cut from select soccer and had to play on his school team with the rest of the plebes.
Of high quality; top-notch.
- This is a select cut of beef.
- The two sisters at once called on Mrs. Bolton, in a newish house in a row, quite select for Tevershall.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter VII, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC

Verb

select (third-person singular simple present selects, present participle selecting, simple past and past participle selected)

To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
- He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.
- The program computes all the students' grades, then selects a random sample for human verification.
Synonyms:

choose, opt
To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.

Noun capitalized: Select

Select (plural Selects)

A button (of a joystick, joypad or similar device) that, when pressed, activates any of certain predefined functions that usually, but not always, involve selecting something out of a list of items.

select meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

select in Hindi

to choose one or more elements from a set: चुनना cunnā, चयन करना cayan karnā

select in Tamil

தேர்வு, தேர்வு செய், தேர்ந்தெடு, தெரிவாகு, தெரிவுசெய், கொய்

select in Marathi

to choose one or more elements from a set: निवडणे nivaḍṇe

select in Urdu

بننا, چھانٹنا, چننا, انتخاب کرنا, منتخب کرنا, نکالنا

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select in Bengali: নির্বাচিত, অন্যত্যাগী, নির্বাচন করা, বাছাই করা
select in Telugu: ఎంచు eñcu, ఎంచుకొను eñcukonu
select in Malayalam: തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കുക, വരിക്കുക, ആരാഞ്ഞെടുക്കുക, തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്ത
select in Kannada: ಆಯು, ಆರಿಸು, ಕದರು, ಆಯ್
select in Punjabi: ਖ਼ਾਸ xās
select in Odia: ବାଛିବା bāchibā
select in Sanskrit: वृणोति vṛṇoti
select in Assamese: বাছ bas
select in Nepali: छान्नु chānnu
select in Arabic: اِخْتَارَ iḵtāra
select in Indonesian: tertentu, pilihan, memilih, pilih
select in Thai: คัดเลือก
select in Vietnamese: lựa

Examples of select in a sentence

Select the text, cut it, and then paste it in the other application.
Once the My Computer dialogue opens, select Local Disk (C:), then right click and scroll down.
He is letting her select the wallpapers for the whole house.

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Synonyms of select

choose
opt

Antonyms

deselect

Forms of select

Adjective
comparative	more select
superlative	most select
Verb
third-person singular present	selects
present participle	selecting
past participle	selected
past	selected
second-person singular present (archaic)	selectest
second-person singular past (archaic)	selectedst
third-person singular present (archaic)	selecteth
Noun
plural	Selects

Past tense of select: selected

Origin of select

From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).

Phrases with select

Words that rhyme with select

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Questions about select

What does select mean?: Select means privileged, specially selected.
What is select in Hindi?: Select in Hindi is चुनना (cunnā), चयन करना (cayan karnā). See Select meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is select?: Select can be an adjective, a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce select?: Select is pronounced /sɪˈlɛkt/.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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