SELECT meaning: Choose carefully from available options

We found 41 dictionaries that define the word select:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

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Select (SQL), Select (Unix), Select (album), Select (charge card), Select (fashion chain), Select (magazine), Select, The Select: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Business (2 matching dictionaries)

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Computing (7 matching dictionaries)

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Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

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Science (1 matching dictionary)

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Slang (1 matching dictionary)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective:  Privileged, specially selected.
▸ adjective:  Of high quality; top-notch.
▸ verb:  To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
▸ verb:  (databases) To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.
▸ noun:  A button (of a joystick, joypad or similar device) that, when pressed, activates any of certain predefined functions that usually, but not always, involve selecting something out of a list of items.

Similar:

choose, choice, prime, superior, quality, fine, take, prize, pick out, blue-ribbon, more...

Opposite:

reject, discard, exclude, ignore, overlook

Phrases:

select committee, select all, select for, select committees, select vestry, more...

Adjectives:

click, first, simple, new, second, outer, cost, prompt, begin, singleton, inner

Colors:

blue, green, red, yellow, orange, purple, pink, teal, cyan, magenta

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