select
— Verb
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～ pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
select
— Adjective
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～ of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
select
— Adjective
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～ selected or chosen for special qualifications; "the blue-ribbon event of the season"
selected
— Adjective
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～ chosen in preference to another
selection
— Noun
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～ an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes"
selection
— Noun
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～ the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
selection
— Noun
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～ a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
selection
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～ the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"
selection
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～ a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
selective jamming
— Noun
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～ electronic jamming of a specific channel or frequency
selective amnesia
— Noun
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～ amnesia about particular events that is very convenient for the person who cannot remember; "why do politicians always develop selective amnesia when questioned about their transgressions?"
selective lipectomy
— Noun
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～ plastic surgery involving the breakdown and removal of fatty tissue
selective information
— Noun
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～ (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"
selective
— Adjective
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～ tending to select; characterized by careful choice; "an exceptionally quick and selective reader"- John Mason Brown
selective
— Adjective
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～ characterized by very careful or fastidious selection; "the school was very selective in its admissions"
selectivity
— Noun
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～ the property of being selective
selectman
— Noun
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～ an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns
selector
— Noun
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～ a person who chooses or selects out
selector
— Noun
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～ a switch that is used to select among alternatives
selectwoman
— Noun
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～ an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns