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select
Overview of verb select
The verb select has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (59) choose, take, select, pick out -- (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")
Overview of adj select
The adj select has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) choice, prime, prize, quality, select -- (of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches")
2. blue-ribbon, select -- (selected or chosen for special qualifications; "the blue-ribbon event of the season")
Grep of noun select
select committee
selection
selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor
selective amnesia
selective information
selective jamming
selective lipectomy
selective service
selective service system
selectivity
selectman
selector
selector switch
selectwoman
Antonyms of verb select
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb select
1 sense of select
Sense 1
choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb select
1 sense of select
Sense 1
choose, take, select, pick out
=> 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
=> specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> adopt, follow, espouse
=> screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> vote in
=> elect
=> nominate, propose
=> vote
=> side, go with
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb select
1 sense of select
Sense 1
choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
'Cause To' of verb select
Derived Forms of verb select
1 sense of select
Sense 1
choose, take, select, pick out
RELATED TO>(adj) selective#2
=> selective
RELATED TO>(adj) selective#1
=> selective
RELATED TO>(noun) selection#1
=> choice, selection, option, pick
RELATED TO>(noun) selector#1
=> picker, chooser, selector
Domain of verb select
Domain Terms of verb select
Familiarity of verb select
select used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb select
1 sense of select
Sense 1
choose, take, select, pick out
EX: They select him to write the letter
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb select
1 sense of select
Sense 1
choose, take, select, pick out
> decide, make up one's mind, determine
=> measure, mensurate, measure out
=> choose, take, select, pick out
=> will
=> seal
=> purpose, resolve
=> rule, decree
=> orient, orientate
=> judge, adjudicate, try
=> regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb select
Sense 1
choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
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Grep of verb select
select
Antonyms of adj select
2 senses of select
Sense 1
choice, prime(prenominal), prize, quality, select
INDIRECT (VIA superior) -> inferior
Sense 2
blue-ribbon(prenominal), select
INDIRECT (VIA superior) -> inferior
Similarity of adj select
2 senses of select
Sense 1
choice, prime(prenominal), prize, quality, select
=> superior (vs. inferior)
Sense 2
blue-ribbon(prenominal), select
=> superior (vs. inferior)
Pertainyms of adj select
Attributes of adj select
Domain of adj select
Domain Terms of adj select
Familiarity of adj select
select used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj select
select
selected
selective
Grep of adv select
selectively
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