select
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives (Freq. 58)
- 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
• Derivationally related forms:
selective, selection, selector
• Hypernyms:
decide, make up one's mind, determine
• Hyponyms:
empanel, impanel, panel, anoint, field,
sieve, sift, draw, dial, plump, go,
pick, elect, excerpt, extract, take out, cull out,
winnow, cream off, skim off, sieve out, pick over, assign,
specify, set apart, single out, think of, set, determine,
define, fix, limit, adopt, follow, espouse,
espouse, screen out, sort, vote in, nominate,
propose, vote
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s (for: choose)
- They select him to write the letter
1. of superior grade (Freq. 2)
- choice wines
- prime beef
- prize carnations
- quality paper
- select peaches
• Syn:
choice, prime, prize, quality
• Similar to:
superior
• Derivationally related forms:
choiceness (for: choice)
2. selected or chosen for special qualifications
- the blue-ribbon event of the season
• Syn:
blue-ribbon
• Similar to:
superior
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