Standard Lemma guide

selected

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /sɪˈlɛktɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH0 L EH1 K T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

That have been selected or chosen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of select

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

chosen in preference to another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unselected

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: valittu — that have been selected or chosen
  • French: sélectionné — that have been selected or chosen
  • Galician: escolleito — that have been selected or chosen
  • Galician: selecto — that have been selected or chosen
  • German: augewählt — that have been selected or chosen
  • German: selektiert — that have been selected or chosen
  • Hindi: चयनित (caynit) — that have been selected or chosen
  • Hungarian: válogatott — that have been selected or chosen
  • Hungarian: kiválasztott — that have been selected or chosen
  • Italian: selezionato — that have been selected or chosen
  • Latin: optīvus — that have been selected or chosen
  • Malayalam: തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്ത (tiraññeṭutta) — that have been selected or chosen
  • Portuguese: selecionado — that have been selected or chosen
  • Portuguese: seleto — that have been selected or chosen
  • Slovak: vybraný — that have been selected or chosen
  • Slovak: zvolený — that have been selected or chosen
  • Slovak: selektovaný — that have been selected or chosen
  • Slovak: vyselektovaný — that have been selected or chosen
  • Spanish: seleccionado — that have been selected or chosen
  • Spanish: específico — that have been selected or chosen
  • Swedish: vald — that have been selected or chosen
  • Tajik: мунтахаб (muntaxab) — that have been selected or chosen
  • Tajik: яккачин (yakkačin) — that have been selected or chosen
  • Tajik: баргузида (barguzida) — that have been selected or chosen
  • Tajik: интихобшуда (intixobšuda) — that have been selected or chosen
  • Tajik: интихобӣ (intixobi) — that have been selected or chosen
  • Urdu: منتخب (muntaxib) — that have been selected or chosen
Real reading context

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