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• he hasn't been selected for the team.
• all our hotels have been carefully selected for the excellent value they provide.
• she was selected as the parliamentary candidate for bath.
• a randomly selected sample of 23 schools

select

1. to choose somebody/something from a group of people or things, usually according to a system
• He hasn't been selected for the team.
• All our hotels have been carefully selected for the excellent value they provide.
• She was selected as the parliamentary candidate for Bath.
• a randomly selected sample of 23 schools
• selected poems of T.S. Eliot
• This model is available at selected stores only.
• She selected an apple from the fruit bowl.
• It is important to select a software package that suits your requirements.
• Six theatre companies have been selected to take part in this year's festival.
• Select what you want from the options available.
• You choose—I can’t decide.
• He was selected for the team.
• a randomly selected sample of 23 schools
• She picked the best cake for herself.
• We’re still trying to decide on a venue.
• After graduating she opted for a career in music.
• After a lot of thought, I opted against buying a motorbike.
• I think I’ll go for the fruit salad.
2. to mark something on a computer screen; to choose something, especially from a menu
• Select the text you want to format by holding down the left button on your mouse.
• Select ‘New Mail’ from the ‘Send’ menu.

Extra Examples

• Although this was a very highly selected study group, the results were in agreement with our findings.
• She has been selected for the England team.
• Students select modules according to their interests.
• The design of the course allows students to select modules according to their interests.
• The program automatically selects and stores the most frequently used data.
• The winning entry will be selected at random by computer.
• They were selected as finalists for this year’s awards.
• They were selected on the basis of size.
• This anthology is well selected and presented.
• You can select goods from our catalogue.
• He hasn’t been selected for the team.
• Six theatre companies have been selected to take part in this year’s festival.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they select
• he / she / it selects
• past simple selected
• past participle selected
• -ing form selecting

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent.: from Latin select- ‘chosen’, from the verb seligere, from se- ‘apart’ + legere ‘choose’.