Definition of "select" in inglés

adjective

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.