select

Privileged, specially selected.

Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.

A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher.

Of high quality; top-notch.

This is a select cut of beef.

The two sisters at once called on Mrs. Bolton, in a newish house in a row, quite select for Tevershall.

To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.

He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.

The program computes all the students' grades, then selects a random sample for human verification.

To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.

A button (of a joystick, joypad or similar device) that, when pressed, activates any of certain predefined functions that usually, but not always, involve selecting something out of a list of items.