select
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verb (used with object)
to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
verb (used without object)
to make a choice; pick.
adjective
chosen in preference to another or others; selected.
choice; of special value or excellence.
careful or fastidious in selecting; discriminating.
carefully or fastidiously chosen; exclusive: a select group of friends.
Origin of select
1555–65; < Latin sēlēctus (past participle of sēligere to gather apart), equivalent to sē- se- + leg(ere) to gather, choose + -tus past participle suffix
Synonym study
1. See choose.
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Examples from the Web for selector
Historical Examples of selector
When the Crown Prince assented, he snapped on the screen and twiddled at the selector.
Space VikingHenry Beam Piper
He flipped an index, then punched a combination of numbers on his selector.
Alarm ClockEverett B. Cole
A selector's boy, riding into sight at the moment, was hailed.
Colonial BornG. Firth Scott
That which takes the place of the breeder and selector in nature is Death.
Man's Place in Nature and Other EssaysThomas Henry Huxley
The selector himself is standing against a fence talking to a neighbour.
While the Billy BoilsHenry Lawson
selector
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Word Origin for select
C16: from Latin sēligere to sort, from sē- apart + legere to choose
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