SELECT

• (verb) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

  "Take any one of these cards", "Choose a good husband for your daughter", "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

  synonyms : choose , pick out , take

• (adj.) selected or chosen for special qualifications

  "the blue-ribbon event of the season"

  synonyms : blue-ribbon

• (adj.) of superior grade

  "choice wines", "prime beef", "prize carnations", "quality paper", "select peaches"

  synonyms : choice , prime , prize , quality

  Polly’s prize roses were destroyed by a disease. -added by naila_inlas

  “Bring me a prime wine to celebrate the occasion of my engagement”, the man said to the waiter. -added by naila_inlas

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