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selectverb to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilitiesselected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship cherry-pick, choose, cull, elect, handpick, name, opt (for), pick, prefer, single (out), tag, take preselectappoint, designate, fix, mark, nominate, set, tab, tapaccept, adopt, embrace, espousesettle (on or upon) decline, refuse, reject, turn down disapprove, negative, repudiate, spurndiscard, jettison, throw away, throw out selectadjectivesingled out from a number or group as more to one's likingthe company claims to use only select beans to make its coffee cherry-picked, choice, chosen, elect, favored, favorite, first-line, handpicked, picked, preferred, selected fashionableexclusiveculled, picked over, screened, weeded (out), winnowed (out) of choice average, common, commonplace, ordinary, run-of-the-mill having qualities that appeal to a refined tasteselect fabrics that the shop makes into expensive suits for its well-heeled clientele choice, dainty, delicate, elegant, exquisite, fine, rare, recherché bijou, jewellikebetter, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, specialelite, exclusiveclassic, excellent, fabulous, first-class, first-rate, grand, great, marvelous(or marvellous), noble, outstanding, par excellence, premium, prime, sensational, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, transcendent, unsurpassed, wonderfulultrarare coarse, gross, kitsch, kitschy, lowbrow, raffish, rough, rough-hewn, tasteless, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgarcommercial, mass-produced, popularcommon, ordinaryaverage, lesser, mediocre, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine(or run-of-mine), second-class, second-ratedeficient, inferior, low-grade, substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, wanting ca. 1555 |