verb
- Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.
- usage: "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"
adjective
- Of superior grade.
- usage: "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
- Selected or chosen for special qualifications.
- usage: "the blue-ribbon event of the season"
- synonyms: blue-ribbon