(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something, you choose it from a number of things of the same kind.
Voters are ~ing candidates for both US Senate seats and for 52 congressional seats...
The movie is being shown in ~ed cities.
= choose
VERB: V n, V-ed, also V n for/from n
2.
If you ~ 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 ~ed a file and pressed the Delete key.
VERB: V n
3.
A ~ group is a small group of some of the best people or things of their kind.
...a ~ group of French cheeses...
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
If you describe something as ~, 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 ~ party.
= exclusive
ADJ: usu ADJ n