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{
"term": "select",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "select",
"heSheIt": "selects"
},
"pastSimple": "selected",
"pastParticiple": "selected",
"ingForm": "selecting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to choose somebody/something from a group of people or things, usually according to a system",
"sensetop": "select somebody/something for somethingselect somebody/something as somethingselect somebody/somethingselect somebody/something to do somethingselect what, which, etc.select from something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He hasn't been selected for the team.",
"contextForm": "select somebody/something for something"
},
{
"text": "All our hotels have been **carefully selected** for the excellent value they provide."
},
{
"text": "She was selected as the parliamentary candidate for Bath.",
"contextForm": "select somebody/something as something"
},
{
"text": "a **randomly selected** sample of 23 schools",
"contextForm": "select somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "selected poems of T.S. Eliot"
},
{
"text": "This model is available at selected stores only."
},
{
"text": "She selected an apple from the fruit bowl."
},
{
"text": "It is important to select a software package that suits your requirements."
},
{
"text": "Six theatre companies have been selected to take part in this year's festival.",
"contextForm": "select somebody/something to do something"
},
{
"text": "Select what you want from the options available.",
"contextForm": "select what, which, etc."
},
{
"text": "They could select from a range of choices depending on their interests and skills.",
"contextForm": "select from something"
},
{
"text": "Students select modules according to their interests."
},
{
"text": "The program automatically selects and stores the most frequently used data."
},
{
"text": "The winning entry will be selected at random by computer."
},
{
"text": "They were selected as finalists for this year's awards."
},
{
"text": "They were selected on the basis of size."
},
{
"text": "This anthology is well selected and presented."
},
{
"text": "Although this was a very highly selected study group, the results were in agreement with our findings."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "specially", "specifically"],
"verb + select": ["allow somebody to", "enable somebody to"],
"preposition": ["according to", "as", "for"],
"phrases": ["be selected on the basis of", "well selected"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to mark something on a computer screen; to choose something, especially from a menu",
"sensetop": "select something",
"labels": "(computing)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Select the text you want to format by holding down the left button on your mouse."
},
{
"text": "Select ‘New Mail’ from the ‘Send’ menu."
}
],
"topics": ["Computers"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sɪˈlekt/",
"audio": "se/select/select__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sɪˈlekts/",
"audio": "se/select/selects__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sɪˈlektɪd/",
"audio": "se/select/selected__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sɪˈlektɪŋ/",
"audio": "se/select/selecting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sɪˈlekt/",
"audio": "se/select/select__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sɪˈlekts/",
"audio": "se/select/selects__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sɪˈlektɪd/",
"audio": "se/select/selected__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sɪˈlektɪŋ/",
"audio": "se/select/selecting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from Latin select- ‘chosen’, from the verb seligere, from se- ‘apart’ + legere ‘choose’."
}