select
verb (used with object)
to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
selectable
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a word derived from
select.
Example Sentences
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Their Android-based operating system offers users centralised settings designed to control access to their data, with a selectable security level on a scale of one to five.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
It was Giles who made the decision to send Finn home, telling the press he was "not selectable".
From BBC ● May 4, 2023
A generous five regen levels, selectable via paddle shifters, range from a coast mode to the strongest “iPedal” setting.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
Strengthened four-wheel-drive systems, skid plates, a locking rear differential and selectable drive modes also come standard on both models.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
It is in truth only because I half persuade myself that there are, as I say, some half a dozen selectable cases that the possibility hovers before me.
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by Henry James
