select

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).

Only the brightest stars were selected to perform. — For the Sake of the School, Angela Brazil
---- White Street, and select me some attractive patterns. — The Store Boy, Horatio, Jr. Alger
It selected Green Clay Smith of Kentucky and G.T. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster

choose, take, pick out

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