SELECT as VERB

1. Meaning
   • pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
   Synonym(s)
   • choose (what does choose mean?)
   • pick out (what does pick out mean?)
   • take (what does take mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Take any one of these cards
   • Choose a good husband for your daughter
   • She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
   Hypernyms(s) select is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • decide (what does decide mean?)
   • make up one’s mind (what does make up one’s mind mean?)
   • determine (what does determine mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • empanel (what does empanel mean?)
   • impanel (what does impanel mean?)
   • panel (what does panel mean?)
   • field (what does field mean?)
   • sieve (what does sieve mean?)
   • sift (what does sift mean?)
   • draw (what does draw mean?)
   • dial (what does dial mean?)
   • plump (what does plump mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • pick (what does pick mean?)
   • elect (what does elect mean?)
   • excerpt (what does excerpt mean?)
   • extract (what does extract mean?)
   • take out (what does take out mean?)
   • cull out (what does cull out mean?)
   • cream off (what does cream off mean?)
   • skim off (what does skim off mean?)
   • sieve out (what does sieve out mean?)
   • pick over (what does pick over mean?)
   • assign (what does assign mean?)
   • specify (what does specify mean?)
   • set apart (what does set apart mean?)
   • single out (what does single out mean?)
   • think of (what does think of mean?)
   • specify (what does specify mean?)
   • set (what does set mean?)
   • determine (what does determine mean?)
   • fix (what does fix mean?)
   • limit (what does limit mean?)
   • adopt (what does adopt mean?)
   • follow (what does follow mean?)
   • espouse (what does espouse mean?)
   • screen (what does screen mean?)
   • screen out (what does screen out mean?)
   • sieve (what does sieve mean?)
   • sort (what does sort mean?)
   • vote in (what does vote in mean?)
   • elect (what does elect mean?)
   • nominate (what does nominate mean?)
   • propose (what does propose mean?)
   • vote (what does vote mean?)
   • side (what does side mean?)
   • go with (what does go with mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • choice (what does choice mean?)
   • selection (what does selection mean?)
   • option (what does option mean?)
   • pick (what does pick mean?)
   • picker (what does picker mean?)
   • chooser (what does chooser mean?)
   • selector (what does selector mean?)

SELECT as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • selected or chosen for special qualifications
   Synonym(s)
   • blue-ribbon(a) (what does blue-ribbon(a) mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the blue-ribbon event of the season
   Similar To
   • superior (what does superior mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of superior grade
   Synonym(s)
   • choice (what does choice mean?)
   • prime(a) (what does prime(a) mean?)
   • prize (what does prize mean?)
   • quality (what does quality mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • choice wines
   • prime beef
   • prize carnations
   • quality paper
   • select peaches
   Similar To
   • superior (what does superior mean?)