How do you pronounce select?

The recorded pronunciation is /sɪˈlɛkt/.

select

/sɪˈlɛkt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: se-lect
IPA: /sɪˈlɛkt/

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Meaning

adj

Privileged, specially selected.

adj

Of high quality; top-notch.

verb

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

verb

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.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *s(w)éder. Latin sē- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin sēlegō Latin sēlēctuslbor. English select From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Computing.

Inflected Forms

more select (comparative) most select (superlative) selects (present, singular) selecting (participle, present) selected (participle, past) selected (past) no-table-tags (table tags) glossary (inflection template) selected (first person, past) selectest (archaic, present) selected (past, second person) selectedst (archaic, past)

Derived Forms

autoselect bioselect counterselect downselect misselect multiselect nonselecting overselect preselect quickselect reselect selectability

Phrases

hand-select select agent select committee select meeting select out select vestry self-select Western Canadian Select

Frequently Paired Words

elect election elective elite en option-select selection selective

Synonyms

choose opt blue-ribbon choice prime prize quality take pick out

Antonyms

deselect

Rhymes With

perfect respect effect expect subject protect direct self-respect correct affect checked suspect