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Meaning of select

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  select
      adj 1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize
             carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn:
             {choice}, {prime(a)}, {prize}, {quality}, {select}]
      2: selected or chosen for special qualifications; "the blue-
         ribbon event of the season" [syn: {blue-ribbon(a)}, {select}]
      v 1: 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" [syn: {choose},
           {take}, {select}, {pick out}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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