Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Specially chosen or preferred; choice; select: as, selected materials.
  • Specially set apart or devoted.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective That have been selected or chosen.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of select.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective chosen in preference to another

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Examples

  • 'Note: The "Selectedxxxx" lists in the datagridview are' stacks 'that have the selected items pushed in the * in the order they were selected* i.e. not the order you want to print them in! if DGV has rows selected, it's easy, selected rows and all visible columns

    The Code Project Latest Articles aureolin 2009

  • * @param string $current is the current value of the option in use (used to set the selected option in the list) * @param string $options should be an array of the options to be generated function generate_option_list ($current, $options) $list = ""; foreach ($options as $curopt) $sel = ""; if ($current = = $curopt) $sel = "selected = \" selected\ "";

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  • Years afterward, she preferred Billie to Lucille and, at first, to Joan, the name selected for her in Hollywood.

    Not the Girl Next Door Charlotte Chandler 2008

  • Years afterward, she preferred Billie to Lucille and, at first, to Joan, the name selected for her in Hollywood.

    Not the Girl Next Door Charlotte Chandler 2008

  • Years afterward, she preferred Billie to Lucille and, at first, to Joan, the name selected for her in Hollywood.

    Not the Girl Next Door Charlotte Chandler 2008

  • Years afterward, she preferred Billie to Lucille and, at first, to Joan, the name selected for her in Hollywood.

    Not the Girl Next Door Charlotte Chandler 2008

  • Most Crips themselves are unaware that the original name for our alliance was “Cribs,” a name selected from a list of many options.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • Most Crips themselves are unaware that the original name for our alliance was “Cribs,” a name selected from a list of many options.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • Most Crips themselves are unaware that the original name for our alliance was “Cribs,” a name selected from a list of many options.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • Most Crips themselves are unaware that the original name for our alliance was “Cribs,” a name selected from a list of many options.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

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