What does selected mean?
Definitions for selected
se·lect·ed
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word selected.
Princeton's WordNet
selectedadjective
chosen in preference to another
Wiktionary
selectedadjective
That have been selected or chosen.
ChatGPT
selected
Selected refers to the action of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable. It involves picking out or choosing from among alternatives or options.
Webster Dictionary
Selected
of Select
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'selected' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3395
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'selected' in Adjectives Frequency: #788
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of selected in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of selected in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of selected in a Sentence
We selected the army's school for the attack because the government is targeting our families and females, we want them to feel the pain.
When you are selected to become the voice of an electorate, you have a huge responsibility to be policing your words and representing your constituents at the best of your ability.
I certainly knew I wasn't selected to be president of Catholic Charities because I was a woman. I think I was asked to do it because people trusted my ability, now, is it thrilling to me that, in this day and age, we can see the page turn a bit and see women called to exercise leadership in our church in some very important ways? That is thrilling to me. But, I stand with other women who do that. Not just Catholic Charities.
The IRS has strong protections in place to ensure that exempt organizations are selected for audit only for the purpose of enforcing the federal tax laws with fairness and integrity, no internal or external review conducted to date has found any indication that an exempt organization has been improperly selected for audit.
Sally Ride, President, Space.com:
The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it. I didn't really think about it that much at the time …but I came to appreciate what an honor it was to be selected to be the first to get a chance to go into space.
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