English > select: 3 senses > verb 1, cognition| Meaning | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Model | They select him to write the letter |
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| Example | "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" |
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| Synonyms | choose, take, pick out |
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| Entailed by | buy, purchase | Obtain by purchase |
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| Narrower | adopt, follow, espouse | choose and follow |
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| anoint | Choose by or as if by divine intervention |
| assign, specify, set apart | select something or someone for a specific purpose |
| cream off, skim off | pick the best |
| cull out, winnow | select desirable parts from a group or list |
| dial | choose by means of a dial |
| draw | select or take in from a given group or region |
| elect | choose |
| elect | select by a vote for an office or membership |
| empanel, impanel, panel | select from a list |
| excerpt, extract, take out | take out of a literary work in order to cite / cite or copy |
| field | select (a team or individual player) for a game / game / game |
| nominate, propose | Put forward |
| pick | select carefully from a group |
| plump, go | Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number |
| screen, screen out, sieve, sort | Examine in order to test suitability |
| sieve, sift | distinguish and separate out |
| sieve out, pick over | separate or remove |
| single out | select from a group |
| specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit | decide upon or fix definitely |
| think of | choose in one's mind |
| vote | Express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution |
| vote in | elect in a voting process |
| Broader | decide, make up one's mind, determine | reach, make, or come to a decision about something |
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| Spanish | coger, decantar, elegir, escoger, optar, seleccionar, tomar, triar |
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| Catalan | decantar, elegir, escollir, optar, seleccionar, triar |
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| Adjectives | selective | tending to select |
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| selective | characterized by very careful or fastidious selection |
| Nouns | selection | the act of choosing or selecting |
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| selector | a person who chooses or selects out |
