select
verb (used with object)
to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
selected
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past participleof select.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof select.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
selectverb (used with object)to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
Example Sentences
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Allen was selected by the Chargers in the third round of the 2013 draft and made the Pro Bowl each year from 2017-2021 and again in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
The definition must constantly be selected according to the event, location, time period and purpose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Researchers say the results could eventually help reduce antibiotic use in selected patients, an important consideration as bacterial resistance becomes an increasingly serious global health problem.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Author Selina Brown, whose book My Rice Is Best was selected for distribution through Imagination Library, noted how the plotline features a black protagonist.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The unusual time of morning to perform the exhumation was selected to thwart possible newsmen and curiosity-seekers from ogling the corpse and possibly taking photographs.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
