select

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to choose one or more things from a group of options

   Please select your favorite color from the list.

2. 2
   adj

   carefully chosen as being among the best

   Only a select few were invited to the party.

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Simplified etymology

Select entered English in the mid-16th century from Latin selectus, meaning “selected” or “chosen,” the participle of seligere. That verb combines se-, “apart,” with legere, “collect or choose.” Selection followed in the early 17th century.

From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).

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