transcription, транскрипция: [ sɪlekt ]
( selects, selecting, selected)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you select something, you choose it from a number of things of the same kind.
Voters are selecting candidates for both US Senate seats and for 52 congressional seats...
The movie is being shown in selected cities.
= choose
VERB : V n , V-ed , also V n for/from n
2.
If you select a file or a piece of text on a computer screen, you click on it so that it is marked in a different colour, usually in order for you to give the computer an instruction relating to that file or piece of text. ( COMPUTING )
I selected a file and pressed the Delete key.
VERB : V n
3.
A select group is a small group of some of the best people or things of their kind.
...a select group of French cheeses...
ADJ : ADJ n
4.
If you describe something as select , you mean it has many desirable features, but is available only to people who have a lot of money or who belong to a high social class.
Christian Lacroix is throwing a very lavish and very select party.
= exclusive
ADJ : usu ADJ n