{
    "term": "select",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "select",
            "heSheIt": "selects"
        },
        "pastSimple": "selected",
        "pastParticiple": "selected",
        "ingForm": "selecting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to choose somebody/something from a group of people or things, usually according to a system",
            "sensetop": "select somebody/something for somethingselect somebody/something as somethingselect somebody/somethingselect somebody/something to do somethingselect what, which, etc.select from something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He hasn't been selected for the team.",
                    "contextForm": "select somebody/something for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All our hotels have been **carefully selected** for the excellent value they provide."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was selected as the parliamentary candidate for Bath.",
                    "contextForm": "select somebody/something as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **randomly selected** sample of 23 schools",
                    "contextForm": "select somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "selected poems of T.S. Eliot"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This model is available at selected stores only."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She selected an apple from the fruit bowl."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is important to select a software package that suits your requirements."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Six theatre companies have been selected to take part in this year's festival.",
                    "contextForm": "select somebody/something to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Select what you want from the options available.",
                    "contextForm": "select what, which, etc."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They could select from a range of choices depending on their interests and skills.",
                    "contextForm": "select from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students select modules according to their interests."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The program automatically selects and stores the most frequently used data."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The winning entry will be selected at random by computer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were selected as finalists for this year's awards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were selected on the basis of size."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This anthology is well selected and presented."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Although this was a very highly selected study group, the results were in agreement with our findings."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "specially", "specifically"],
                "verb + select": ["allow somebody to", "enable somebody to"],
                "preposition": ["according to", "as", "for"],
                "phrases": ["be selected on the basis of", "well selected"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to mark something on a computer screen; to choose something, especially from a menu",
            "sensetop": "select something",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Select the text you want to format by holding down the left button on your mouse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Select ‘New Mail’ from the ‘Send’ menu."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪˈlekt/",
                "audio": "se/select/select__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪˈlekts/",
                "audio": "se/select/selects__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪˈlektɪd/",
                "audio": "se/select/selected__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪˈlektɪŋ/",
                "audio": "se/select/selecting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪˈlekt/",
                "audio": "se/select/select__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪˈlekts/",
                "audio": "se/select/selects__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪˈlektɪd/",
                "audio": "se/select/selected__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪˈlektɪŋ/",
                "audio": "se/select/selecting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from Latin select- ‘chosen’, from the verb seligere, from se- ‘apart’ + legere ‘choose’."
}