We must select a suitable person for any post.
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Select
//sɪˈlɛkt//
Synonyms for "select" (224 found)
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Closest matches (45)
Strong matches (67)
designatedesignateddeterminedifferentiatediscriminatediscriminatingdistinguishdividedrawdraw the lineeclecticeditelectelectedelected by acclamationeleganteliteemblematizeembracedespoused
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ethnocentricexcellentexceptionalexceptionallyexcerptexcludingexclusiveexclusoryexquisiteextractfancyfatfavorfavoredfavoritefigurefinefinestfingerfirst-classfirst-ratefixflowerfor the bestgathergleangreatesthandpickhandpickedidentifyinadmissibleindicateinsularlimitedmakemake a selectionmarkmark the interfacematchlessmentionnamenamednarrownominatenominatednonesuch
Verb(1 words)
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nonpareilopt foroptimaloptimumordainordinateparagonparamountparochialpassedpeerlesspickpick outpickedpiece de resistancepin downpitchplumppoint atpoint out
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point topreclusivepreferpreferablepreferredprescribeprescriptivepreventiveprimeprivilegedprizeprohibitivepullqueenquintessencequintessentialrarerarefiedratifiedrecherchereferrefer torestrictedrestrictivesalt of the earthscreenscreen outscreenedseclusivesegregatesegregativeselectedselectiveseparateseparativesetset a limitset apartset offsettleseverseveralizesievesieve outsiftsift outsignifysinglesingle outsnobbishsnobbysortsort outspecialspecializespecifysplit hairsstand forstatestigmatizestipulatesubdividesubtilizesuperlativesupremesurpassingsymbolsymbolizetabtakethe bestthe best everthe topsthe very besttoptopstypifyunanimously electedunmatchableunmatchedunparalleledunsurpassedvery bestvintagewinnowxenophobic
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3 entriesTranslations
130 translations across 59 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- ἐκλεκτός adj (privileged, specially selected)
- αἱρέομαι verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- ἐκλέγω verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Arabic
2 entries- اختار verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- اِخْتَارَ verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Bashkir
2 entries- һайлау verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- һайҙау verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Basque
2 entries- aukeratu verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- hautatu verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Bulgarian
4 entries- висококачествен adj (of high quality; top-notch)
- избран adj (privileged, specially selected)
- подбран adj (privileged, specially selected)
- избирам verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Catalan
1 entries- seleccionar verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ھەڵبژاردن verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 特定 adj (privileged, specially selected)
- 精选 adj (of high quality; top-notch)
- 挑選 /挑选 verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- 选取 verb (to obtain a set of data)
Czech
1 entries- vybrat verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Dutch
3 entries- select adj (privileged, specially selected)
- selecteer verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- uitkiezen verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Egyptian
1 entries- s-t:p-stp:Y1 verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Esperanto
2 entries- elekti verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- selekti verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Estonian
1 entries- valima verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Evenki
1 entries- синма verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Finnish
1 entries- valita verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
French
3 entries- sélect adj (privileged, specially selected)
- choisir verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- sélectionner verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Galician
3 entries- escoller verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- escolmar verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- seleccionar verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
German
1 entries- auswählen verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Greek
1 entries- επιλέγω verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- chwazi verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Hebrew
1 entries- בחר verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Higaonon
1 entries- namili verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Hindi
2 entries- चयन करना verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- चुनना verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Hungarian
4 entries- előkelő adj (of high quality; top-notch)
- exkluzív adj (of high quality; top-notch)
- finom adj (of high quality; top-notch)
- gondosan összeválogatott adj (privileged, specially selected)
Ido
1 entries- selektar verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Indonesian
4 entries- pilihan adj (of high quality; top-notch)
- tertentu adj (privileged, specially selected)
- memilih verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- pilih verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Irish
1 entries- togh verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Italian
2 entries- scegliere verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- selezionare verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Japanese
1 entries- 選ぶ verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Khmer
4 entries- ចម្រាញ់ verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- ជ្រើស verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- ជ្រើសរើស verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- រើស verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Korean
1 entries- 고르다 verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Latin
4 entries- ēlectus adj (privileged, specially selected)
- dēligō verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- legō verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- optō verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- auswielen verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Macedonian
1 entries- избира verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Marathi
1 entries- निवडणे verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Māori
3 entries- tīpako verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- tīpako verb (to obtain a set of data)
- whiri verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Nepali
1 entries- छान्नु verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hilbijartin verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Old English
1 entries- ceosan verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بگنمك verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Polish
3 entries- selekcjonować verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- wybierać verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- wybrać verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Portuguese
4 entries- selecionado adj (privileged, specially selected)
- seleto adj (privileged, specially selected)
- seleto adj (of high quality; top-notch)
- escolher verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Quechua
2 entries- akllay verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- chihlluy verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Romansch
1 entries- selecziunar verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Russian
1 entries- отбира́ть verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Sanskrit
1 entries- वृणोति verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- tagh verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- izabrati verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- izbrati verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Slovak
4 entries- vyberaný adj (of high quality; top-notch)
- vyvolený adj (privileged, specially selected)
- selektovať verb (to obtain a set of data)
- vyberať verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Somali
1 entries- xulid verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Southern Altai
1 entries- сайлаар verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Spanish
4 entries- cogollo adj (of high quality; top-notch)
- selecto adj (of high quality; top-notch)
- cribar verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- seleccionar verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Swedish
3 entries- utvälja verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- välja verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- välja ut verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Telugu
2 entries- ఎంచు verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- ఎంచుకొను verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Thai
1 entries- คัดเลือก verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lựa verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Volapük
1 entries- sesukön verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Welsh
2 entries- dethol verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
- dewis verb (to choose one or more elements from a set)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
We must select one from among these applicants.
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He gave me a select brand of canned goods.
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The first necessary thing in choosing books to read is to select those which really interest you.
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