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/sɪˈlɛkt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjPrivileged, specially selected.
adjOf high quality; top-notch.
Sentence Examples
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Only a select few were invited to the event.
CEFR Practice Quiz
From the many applicants, the committee will ____ only the most qualified candidate.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The committee will ____ the winning candidate after reviewing all the applications.
Word Origin & History
From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher."
— 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XX, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
"At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass."
— 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
"The two sisters at once called on Mrs. Bolton, in a newish house in a row, quite select for Tevershall."
— 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter VII, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
From the many applicants, the committee will ____ only the most qualified candidate.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The committee will ____ the winning candidate after reviewing all the applications.