selectse·lect1 /səˈlekt/ verb [transitiveT]1to choose something from a group of things, after thinking carefully about which is the best, most useful, most profitable etcThe board hasn’t yet set a timetable for selecting a chief executive.
Investors shouldn’t select a stock fund just because it has low annual costs.
2COMPUTING if you select words or pictures on a computer screen, you use the MOUSE to make them change colour, before moving, cutting, or saving themTo copy a sentence, first select it and then press Control+C.
—selected adjectiveadj [only before a noun]Instead of selling only selected assets, Orlando is trying to sell the entire concern.