Definition of Select

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Select

Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.

To choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best authors for perusal.

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Select Quotations

America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
Will Rogers

It's a very small and select slice of all the people who have ever been born. I believe we've come back during this time, those of us who are here now, specifically to experience it. And to cause a 'quickening of the spirit.'
Neale Donald Walsch

Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.
Dan Quayle

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
Joseph Addison

God has called us to be His representatives in our nation and in our world. Select candidates who represent your views and work for their election.
James Dobson

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
Louisa May Alcott

Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits.
Nora Roberts

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.
Herodotus

Providing, meaning to a mass of unrelated needs, ideas, words and pictures - it is the designer's job to select and fit this material together and make it interesting.
Paul Rand

I have no shortage of material or offers, it's just a case of what you select to do. But I think it's realistic that my chances of playing Romeo are now over.
Sean Connery

Select Translations

select in Italian is selezionare
select in Latin is eligo, electus, adopto
select in Spanish is seleccionar, optar, excelso

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