select — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Privileged, specially selected.

   Esempi

   Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.

   The child was upset when he was cut from select soccer and had to play on his school team with the rest of the plebes.

   Altri esempi (2)

   A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher.

   At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

2. Of high quality; top-notch.

   Esempi

   This is a select cut of beef.

   The two sisters at once called on Mrs. Bolton, in a newish house in a row, quite select for Tevershall.

Verbo

1. To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.

   Esempi

   He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.

   The program computes all the students' grades, then selects a random sample for human verification.

2. To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.

Aggettivo

1. of superior grade

   Sinonimi

   choiceprimeprizequality

   Esempi

   choice wines

   prime beef

   Altri esempi (3)

   prize carnations

   quality paper

   select peaches

2. selected or chosen for special qualifications

   Sinonimi

   blue-ribbon

   Esempi

   the blue-ribbon event of the season

Verbo

1. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

   Sinonimi

   choosetakepick out

   Termini più generali

   decidemake up one's minddetermine

   Esempi

   Take any one of these cards

   Choose a good husband for your daughter

   Altri esempi (1)

   She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her