select
8
3.7
- adjective
- /sɪˈlɛkt/
- Formal
:
selecto
- Only a select few passed the rigorous qualification process to join the elite club.
It's now available on digital and in select theaters.
- It's now available on digital and in select theaters.
- You know, the select few that that don't just close.
- So it's a, you know, selected writing, selected essays.
- Of all the people who could have come here, we are the select few who were chosen.
- So what I will say is the ones that were shown were just a select few.
- We have plans to put in some fruit trees, not a lot, just a few like select varieties.
- And so basically you were hand selected.
Examples
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The exhibition features works from a select group of renowned artists.
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Of all the people who could have come here, we are the select few who were chosen.
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There is a very small, very select group of people out there who want that.
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Now, we only sell to the best select clients.
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May I mention, our wealth management advisors would be more than happy to discuss our select investment opportunities.
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It is a very, very select group, you understand?
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By keeping the rents high, we're going to appeal to a select class of people.
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"The roses available for purchase were described as 'select': the nursery claimed it cultivated 'only flowers of the first class.'"
Academic text (2015) -
...I was dining one evening at the Savoy with a rather select group of people... ...and sitting next to me was a very beautiful lady, much like yourself.
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Rachel Gorman had a delicious, gourmet meal for those select half dozen she always invited to stay after her cocktail parties.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Very good or excellent in quality
∞
1.0
Very good in quality, appearance, or skill
∞
1.0
Very good and better than most similar things
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3.8
Of the best quality and most important
257
3.4
Much better than most others in skill or quality
203
4.2
Better in quality or performance than similar things
111
3.5
Of very high quality and extremely good
77
7.5
Very good and impressive at a skill
68
2.7
Very good and done with care
49
3.8
Very high quality or done very well
49
3.4
Of the highest quality and very good
38
3.6
Of the highest quality and better than most similar things
27
3.5
Made well so it lasts a long time
14
4.4
Very high quality and among the best
9
3.9
Of very good quality for important uses
9
3.8
Very high quality and lasts a long time
9
6.2
Of very high quality and among the best in its field
8
4.6
Of the highest quality
6
1.0
Of the highest quality or most suitable in a situation
5
3.7
Of very high quality and often the best in a contest
4
3.9
A product that has very high quality and is often the most expensive option
4
4.1
Carefully picked to suit a situation or purpose
3
3.7
Of the highest quality, better than others like it
Very good and carefully chosen
Very good and the best in quality
Antonyms
Compounds
How Good
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember select is to think of it as 'chosen for being the best'; it shares the same root as elect, both meaning 'choose', so select often describes things picked for high quality.