select
Privileged, specially selected.
Example
“Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.”
Other meanings
Of high quality; top-notch.
“This is a select cut of beef.”
Synonyms
- blue-ribbon
Related words
- option-select
- elect
- election
- elective
- elite
- en
- selection
- selective
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “select” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.