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Religious Terms Dictionary

select

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "select", "results": [{"typeOf": ["decide", "determine", "make up one's mind"], "examples": ["She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"], "hasTypes": ["cull out", "define", "determine", "dial", "draw", "elect", "empanel", "espouse", "excerpt", "extract", "field", "fix", "follow", "go", "impanel", "limit", "nominate", "panel", "pick", "pick over", "plump", "propose", "screen", "screen out", "set", "set apart", "sieve", "sieve out", "adopt", "single out", "skim off", "sort", "specify", "take out", "think of", "vote", "vote in", "winnow", "sift", "anoint", "assign", "cream off"], "synonyms": ["choose", "pick out", "take"], "definition": "pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives", "derivation": ["selection", "selective", "selector"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"synonyms": ["blue-ribbon"], "similarTo": ["superior"], "definition": "selected or chosen for special qualifications", "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"examples": ["select peaches"], "synonyms": ["choice", "prime", "prize", "quality"], "similarTo": ["superior"], "definition": "of superior grade", "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}], "frequency": 3.67, "syllables": {"list": ["se", "lect"], "count": 2}, "pronunciation": {"all": "sɪ'lɛkt"}}
Religious Terms Dictionary

selection

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "selection", "results": [{"typeOf": ["deciding", "decision making"], "hasTypes": ["favorite", "way", "pleasure", "favourite"], "synonyms": ["choice", "pick"], "definition": "the person or thing chosen or selected", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["activity", "natural process", "natural action", "action"], "synonyms": ["natural selection", "survival", "survival of the fittest"], "definition": "a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["passage"], "hasTypes": ["analecta", "analects", "track", "chrestomathy", "citation", "clipping", "quote", "quotation", "cut", "cutting", "press cutting", "press clipping", "newspaper clipping"], "synonyms": ["excerpt", "excerption", "extract"], "definition": "a passage selected from a larger work", "hasInstances": ["haphtarah", "haftarah", "haftorah", "haphtorah"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["action"], "hasTypes": ["willing", "casting", "balloting", "ballot", "volition", "vote", "voting", "election", "determination", "decision", "conclusion", "colouration", "coloration", "sampling"], "synonyms": ["choice", "option", "pick"], "definition": "the act of choosing or selecting", "derivation": ["select"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["smorgasbord", "mixture", "miscellany", "assortment", "potpourri", "salmagundi", "motley", "miscellanea", "variety", "mixed bag"], "examples": ["the store carried a large selection of shoes"], "definition": "an assortment of things from which a choice can be made", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 3.76, "syllables": {"list": ["se", "lec", "tion"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": {"all": "sɪ'lɛkʃən"}}
Religious Terms Dictionary

selective

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "selective", "results": [{"examples": ["the school was very selective in its admissions"], "similarTo": ["exclusive"], "definition": "characterized by very careful or fastidious selection", "derivation": ["select", "selectivity"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"examples": ["an exceptionally quick and selective reader"], "similarTo": ["discriminating"], "definition": "tending to select; characterized by careful choice", "derivation": ["select", "selectivity"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}], "frequency": 3.01, "syllables": {"list": ["se", "lec", "tive"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": {"all": "sɪ'lɛktɪv"}}
Religious Terms Dictionary

selectman

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "selectman", "results": [{"typeOf": ["elected official"], "memberOf": ["board of selectmen"], "definition": "an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 3.2, "syllables": {"list": ["se", "lect", "man"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": {"all": "sɪ'lɛktmən"}}