select | (adjective) selected or chosen for special qualifications | Synonyms: blue-ribbon |
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(adjective) of superior grade | Synonyms: choice, prime, prize, quality |
(verb) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives | Synonyms: choose, pick out, take |
selected | (adjective) chosen in preference to another | - |
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selection | (noun) the act of choosing or selecting | Synonyms: choice, option, pick |
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(noun) the person or thing chosen or selected | Synonyms: choice, pick |
(noun) a passage selected from a larger work | Synonyms: excerpt, excerption, extract |
(noun) an assortment of things from which a choice can be made | - |
(noun) a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment | Synonyms: natural selection, survival, survival of the fittest |
selective | (adjective) tending to select; characterized by careful choice | - |
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(adjective) characterized by very careful or fastidious selection | - |
selectively | (adverb) by selection; in a selective manner | - |
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selectivity | (noun) the property of being selective | - |
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selectman | (noun) a male elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns | - |
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selector | (noun) a switch that is used to select among alternatives | Synonyms: selector switch |
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(noun) a person who chooses or selects out | Synonyms: chooser, picker |
selectwoman | (noun) a female elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns | - |
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selenator | (noun) A fan of Selena Gomez | - |
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selenite | (noun) a compound that contains a SeO32− anion. | - |
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selenium | (noun) a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite) | Synonyms: atomic number 34, Se |
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selenolatry | (noun) the worship of the moon | Synonyms: moon-worship |
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selenology | (noun) the branch of astronomy that deals with the moon | - |
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