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selects

selects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of select.

Meaning of select

Verb

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

  1. To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
    • He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.
    Synonyms:
    choose, opt
  2. To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.

See all 5 meanings of select

Noun capitalized: Selects

Selects

  1. (plural) plural of Select

Phrases with selects

Questions about selects

What is selects the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Selects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of select.
What part of speech is selects?
Selects is a noun.

Words near selects in the dictionary

  1. selectpeople
  2. selectperson
  3. selectpersons
  4. selectron
  5. selectrons
  6. selects
  7. selects out
  8. selectwoman
  9. selectwomen
  10. selegiline
  11. selekeh

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Adapted from Wiktionary: selects (page history and authors); Selects (page history and authors); select (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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