select

See also: Select and sélect

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin sē-
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti
Proto-Italic *legō
Latin legō
Latin sēlegō
Latin sēlēctuslbor.
English select

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /sɪˈlɛkt/, /səˈlɛkt/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛkt
    • Hyphenation: se‧lect

    Adjective

    select (comparative more select, superlative most select)

    1. 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.
    2. Of high quality; top-notch.
      This is a select cut of beef.

    Translations

    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.
      The program computes all the students' grades, then selects a random sample for human verification.
    2. (databases) To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of select
    infinitive (to) select
    present tense past tense
    1st-person singular select selected
    2nd-person singular select, selectest† selected, selectedst†
    3rd-person singular selects, selecteth† selected
    plural select
    subjunctive select selected
    imperative select —
    participles selecting selected

    † Archaic or obsolete.

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    Romanian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from French select.

      Adjective

      select m or n (feminine singular selectă, masculine plural selecți, feminine/neuter plural selecte)

      1. select

      Declension

      Declension of select
      singular plural
      masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
      nominative-
      accusative       		indefinite select selectă selecți selecte
      definite selectul selecta selecții selectele
      genitive-
      dative       		indefinite select selecte selecți selecte
      definite selectului selectei selecților selectelor
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