select

1. Of superior grade (synset 302351005)
   "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
   similar to: superior - of high or superior quality or performance
   same as: choice, prime, prize, quality
2. Selected or chosen for special qualifications (synset 302350415)
   "the blue-ribbon event of the season"
   similar to: superior - of high or superior quality or performance
   same as: blue-ribbon

1. Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives (synset 200676526)
   "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"
   is a type of: decide, determine, make up one's mind - reach, make, or come to a decision about something
   subtypes:

   • empanel, impanel, panel - select from a list
   • anoint - choose by or as if by divine intervention
   • field - select (a team or individual player) for a game
   • sieve, sift - distinguish and separate out
   • draw - select or take in from a given group or region
   • dial - choose by means of a dial
   • go, plump - give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
   • pick - select carefully from a group
   • elect - choose
   • excerpt, extract, take out - take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
   • cull out, winnow - select desirable parts from a group or list
   • cream off, skim off - pick the best
   • pick over, sieve out - separate or remove
   • assign, set apart, specify - select something or someone for a specific purpose
   • single out - select from a group
   • think of - choose in one's mind
   • define, determine, fix, limit, set, specify - decide upon or fix definitely
   • adopt, espouse, follow - choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
   • screen, screen out, sieve, sort - examine in order to test suitability
   • vote in - elect in a voting process
   • elect - select by a vote for an office or membership
   • nominate, propose - put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position
   • vote - express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote
   same as: choose, pick out, take

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