select

Etymology

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

adj

1. Privileged, specially selected.
   Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.
2. Of high quality; top-notch.
   This is a select cut of beef.

verb

1. To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
   He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.
   The program computes all the students' grades, then selects a random sample for human verification.
2. (databases) To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.