Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to select
Participle: selected
Gerund: selecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | select |
| you | select |
| he;she;it | selects |
| we | select |
| you | select |
| they | select |
Perfect
| I | have selected |
| you | have selected |
| he;she;it | has selected |
| we | have selected |
| you | have selected |
| they | have selected |
Past
| I | selected |
| you | selected |
| he;she;it | selected |
| we | selected |
| you | selected |
| they | selected |
Pluperfect
| I | had selected |
| you | had selected |
| he;she;it | had selected |
| we | had selected |
| you | had selected |
| they | had selected |
Future
| I | will select |
| you | will select |
| he;she;it | will select |
| we | will select |
| you | will select |
| they | will select |
Future Perfect
| I | will have selected |
| you | will have selected |
| he;she;it | will have selected |
| we | will have selected |
| you | will have selected |
| they | will have selected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | select |
| you | select |
| he;she;it | select |
| we | select |
| you | select |
| they | select |
Perfect
| I | have selected |
| you | have selected |
| he;she;it | have selected |
| we | have selected |
| you | have selected |
| they | have selected |
Imperfect
| I | selected |
| you | selected |
| he;she;it | selected |
| we | selected |
| you | selected |
| they | selected |
Pluperfect
| I | had selected |
| you | had selected |
| he;she;it | had selected |
| we | had selected |
| you | had selected |
| they | had selected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would select |
| you | would select |
| he;she;it | would select |
| we | would select |
| you | would select |
| they | would select |
Perfect
| I | would have selected |
| you | would have selected |
| he;she;it | would have selected |
| we | would have selected |
| you | would have selected |
| they | would have selected |
Imperative
| you | select |
| we | Let's select |
| you | select |
Verbs conjugated like 'select'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'select'
elect,
adlect,
allect,
defect,
deflect,
deject,
deselect,
detect,
eject,
erect,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1565, from L. selectus, pp. of seligere "choose out, select," from se- "apart" (see secret) + legere "to gather, select" (see lecture). The verb is attested from 1567. The noun meaning "a selected person or thing" is recorded from 1610. Selection is attested from 1646; applied to actions of breeders (first attested 1837), hence use by Darwin (1857). Selective is first recorded 1625; selective service is from 1917, Amer.Eng. New England selectman first recorded 1646.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *s(w)éder.
4. Latin sē-
5. Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
6. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
7. Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti
8. Proto-Italic *legō
9. Latin legō
10. Latin sēlegō
11. Latin sēlēctuslbor.
12. English select
13. From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).
Verbs referencing "select"
Ido selektar.
Sample Sentences
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“ That will do, ” said Marie, selecting one; “ only I 'm not sure about its being properly mourning. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Tom had been standing wistfully examining the multitude of faces thronging around him, for one whom he would wish to call master. And if you should ever be under the necessity, sir, of selecting, out of two hundred men, one who was to become your absolute owner and disposer, you would, perhaps, realize, just as Tom did, how few there were that you would feel at all comfortable in being made [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)