Selected vs Select - What's the difference?
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That have been selected or chosen.
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Privileged, specially selected.
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*:A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher.
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*: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.
Of high quality; top-notch.
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To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
As adjectives the difference between selected and select
is that selected is that have been selected or chosen while select is privileged, specially selected.As verbs the difference between selected and select
is that selected is past tense of select while select is to choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.As a noun Select is
a button (of a joystick, joypad or similar device) that, when pressed, activates any of certain predefined functions that usually, but not always, involve selecting something out of a list of items.selected
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(en verb)- 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.