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selectee

selectee

3 6.7
A person who staff choose for extra security checks at airports
  • noun
  • /sɪˈlɛkti/
translation icon : seleccionado
  • The CAPPS II system is used to determine whether a passenger is a selectee or non-selectee for heightened security checks.
  • Selectee List

Examples

  • As a selectee in the leadership program, she was excited to start her training.

  • If the parents are labeled a selectee, then the entire family must go through the process.

    Blog text (9)

  • Leadership skills will dictate the degree of success experienced by the selectee.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Selectees please move quickly to your assigned boarding stations.

    AE: Apocalypse Earth (2013)

  • ELLIE: I was referring to the selectees mingling with the selectors.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The selectee for the scholarship will be announced next week.

  • All selectees must attend the orientation session before the program begins.

Synonyms

appointee
vsselectee
  • Formal
55 3.9

A person chosen for an official job or position

is picked generally and may not imply formal assignment or authority
designee
vsselectee
  • Formal
4 6.1

A person officially chosen for a particular job

is picked without stressing official naming or formal assignment
chosen
vsselectee
5.2

A person picked out or preferred over others

is used for someone picked specifically through a process or special role
electee
vsselectee
6.0

A person chosen for a job or office who has not started yet

is picked without implying a waiting or pre-start stage
acceptee
vsselectee
7.7

A person chosen to join a program, job, or club

is someone picked rather than solely approved to join

How Likely

selectee
3 6.7
trialist
  • UK
1 6.5
candidate
564 2.3
applicant
201 2.7

Surface Forms

selectee singular
selectees plural

Morphology

selectee = select (transparent) = select + ee

The suffix '-ee' regularly forms nouns meaning 'person or thing that is selected', so the meaning follows directly from 'select' + '-ee'.

Etymology

Selectee comes from select ('to choose') plus the small ending -ee, the same ending you see in employee and interviewee that means 'the one who is chosen'. So a selectee is literally 'a person chosen', which explains why it names someone picked for a role, group, or extra check.