Definition
To choose something or someone from a group, usually because it is the best or most suitable. It can also be used as an adjective to describe something specially chosen or of high quality.
Etymology
From Latin 'selectus', the past participle of 'seligere' meaning 'to pick out', from 'se-' (apart) + 'legere' (to gather, choose). The idea is literally “to pick out from the rest.”
Kelly Says
The 'lect' in 'select' is the same root you hear in 'elect' and 'lecture'—all about choosing or picking out. Even a 'selector' switch on a machine is just doing a very literal Latin job: picking one option out from the group.
Translations
BGБългарски
избирам
iz-bi-ram
BNবাংলা
বেছে নেওয়া
be-che ne-oya
CACatalà
seleccionar
se-lek-syo-NAR
DEDeutsch
auswählen
AUF-vay-len
ELΕλληνικά
επιλέγω
e-pi-le-go
ESEspañol
seleccionar
se-lek-syo-NAR
EUEuskara
hautatu
hau-ta-tu
FAفارسی
انتخاب کردن
en-takhab kar-dan
FRFrançais
sélectionner
se-lek-syo-NE
GLGalego
seleccionar
se-lek-syo-NAR
HRHrvatski
odabrati
o-da-bra-ti
HUMagyar
kiválaszt
ki-vaa-last
IDBahasa Indonesia
memilih
me-mi-lih
ITItaliano
selezionare
se-le-tsyo-NA-re
KO한국어
선택하다
seon-taek-ha-da
LTLietuvių
pasirinkti
pa-si-rin-kti
LVLatviešu
izvēlēties
iz-ve-lee-ties
MSBahasa Melayu
memilih
me-mi-lih
MYမြန်မာ
ရွေးချယ်
rway-chai
NLNederlands
selecteren
se-lek-TE-ren
PLPolski
wybierać
vy-bye-rach
PTPortuguês
selecionar
se-le-syo-NAR
RORomână
a selecta
a se-lek-ta
RUРусский
выбирать
vy-bi-ra-t
SKSlovenčina
vybrať
vib-rat
SLSlovenščina
izbrati
iz-bra-ti
SRСрпски
одабрати
o-da-bra-ti
SWKiswahili
kuchagua
ku-cha-gu-a
TAதமிழ்
தேர்ந்தெடு
thern-the-du
TEతెలుగు
ఎంచుకొను
en-chu-ko-nu
UKУкраїнська
обирати
o-by-ra-ty
URاردو
منتخب کرنا
muntakhib kar-na