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Grammar : Adj
Spell : si-lekt
Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈlɛkt



Définition of selected

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Latin selectus, past participle of seligere "choose out, single out, select; separate, cull," from se- "apart" (see secret (n.)) + legere "to gather, select" (see lecture (n.)). The noun meaning "a selected person or thing, that which is choice" is recorded from c.1600. New England selectman first recorded 1640s.
  • adj picked
Example sentences :
  • Maidens of the first families were selected to embroider the sacred peplus.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Well, it might be—why had he not selected an elder member of the Church?
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • I have been selected by you to execute and enforce the laws of the country.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Soon the table was covered with weapons, selected in a dazed way, he knew not why.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • The site for his house had been selected and the cellar was being excavated.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Simba selected Mali-ya-bwana to accompany him, but this did not meet Kingozi's ideas.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • For Tom, after much cogitation, the profession of an apothecary had been selected.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • His assistants are selected for their skill and physical endurance.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • You have selected the name of an Armenian famous in history.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • In 1658, he was selected by his townsmen of Hull to represent them in Parliament.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

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