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subselect

subselect verb: to select (part of a larger selection).

Verb

subselect (third-person singular simple present subselects, present participle subselecting, simple past and past participle subselected)

  1. (transitive) To select (part of a larger selection).
    • The ready-made title block shapes are actually groups. When you click a title block, the entire group is selected; then, you can click an individual shape to subselect it.2009, Mark H. Walker, Nanette Eaton, Microsoft® Office Visio® 2003 Inside Out

Noun

subselect (plural subselects)

  1. A select query inside another select query.

Forms of subselect

Verb
third-person singular presentsubselects
present participlesubselecting
past participlesubselected
pastsubselected
Noun
pluralsubselects

Origin of subselect

From sub- + select.

Words formed from subselect

Questions about subselect

What does subselect mean?
Subselect means to select (part of a larger selection).
What part of speech is subselect?
Subselect can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of subselect?
The past tense of subselect is subselected.

Words near subselect in the dictionary

  1. subsegmentectomy
  2. subsegmented
  3. subsegments
  4. subseizure
  5. subseizures
  6. subselect
  7. subselected
  8. subselecting
  9. subselection
  10. subselections
  11. subselective

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