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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to single out one or more out of a number of things of the same kind," 1560s, from select (adj.) or from Latin selectus . Related: Selected ; selecting .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" [syn: choose , take , pick out ]
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
The SQL SELECT statement returns a result set of records from one or more tables . A SELECT statement retrieves zero or more rows from one or more database tables or database views . In most applications, SELECT is the most commonly used data manipulation ...
Usage examples of select.
His speech was very moderate, although it might have appeared that he was guided by some acrimonious feeling in selecting Lord Glenelg for attack.
June 23 thirtynine leaves from North Wales, which were selected owing to objects of some kind adhering to them.
We selected couples we adjudged to be sufficiently useless to society that they would not be missed, in accordance with my policy.
In fact, an aggravation of the symptoms is evidence that the right remedy has been selected and is at work.
Ignoring the badinage, Ake walked over to where the rubies lay on the floor, kneeled down, and began selecting likely prospects.
Selecting a long-stemmed goblet of greenish wine and a stylish little Perkup nasal inhaler, Alacrity sighed.
Selecting his first shaft with care, Alec sent it straight into the center of the first bull.
Relaxed after the hunt, warm under the limpid trees, a little stirred by the romance and the artifice, the English Ambassage lay listening, smiling, and watched the young man who had given Sir John Perrott a poor game, but had clearly been selected by the Scottish Queen for quite different talents.
There Amir waited with the Aman and four Arabic speaking men, selected from the crew to witness the wedding.
Amidst the crowd, our annalist has selected the names, colors, and devices, of twenty of the most conspicuous knights.
On the defeat of the Austrians, who were commanded by the Archduke Charles, that commander took a circuitous route through Bohemia, and finally occupied the bank of the Danube opposite Vienna, over against the proud victor Napoleon, who, selecting for the passage of the river the place where two islands divide the Danube into three arms, conducted his battalions to the left bank, occupied Aspern, Engesdorf, and Esslingen, and offered battle.
She selected the largest aspidistra and kissed one of its impassive shining surfaces.
The assayer, as a rule, can select his own standard temperature, and may choose one which will always necessitate warming.
Sonora Joe, who was one of the selected chiefs of our auriferous republic.
Assuming that the beginning writer will first try to write an autobiographical novel, we have some words of advice on selecting a viewpoint.