select
verb [I or T] /sɪˈlekt/Definition
B1 to choose a small number of things, or to choose by making careful decisions: There was a choice of four prizes, and the winner could select one of them. A mouse is a device which makes it easier to select different options from computer menus. How do you select people for promotion? [+ obj + to infinitive ] He was selected to play for Australia at the age of only 18.formal The supermarket's policy is to select out (= choose) the best fruit and discard the rest.Taking and choosing
(Definition of select verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- adopt verb (CHOOSE)
- adopted adjective (COUNTRY)
- adoption noun (CHOOSING)
- appoint verb (DATE)
- be between the devil and the deep blue sea idiom
- dip (sth) in/dip (sth) into sth phrasal verb
- draw sth off phrasal verb
- easy option noun
- either-or adjective
- empanel verb
- go for sth phrasal verb (CHOOSE)
- pick noun (CHOICE)
- pick over sth phrasal verb
- pick sb/sth off phrasal verb (TAKE THE BEST)
- pick verb (CHOOSE)
- picker noun (CHOOSE)
- plump for sth/sb phrasal verb
- well chosen adjective
- you name it idiom
- you pays your money and you takes your choice/chance idiom
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