"Select" meaning in English

See Select in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Selects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Select (plural Selects)
  1. A button (of a joystick, joypad or similar device) that, when pressed, activates any of certain predefined functions that usually, but not always, involve selecting something out of a list of items. Categories (topical): Buttons
    Sense id: en-Select-en-noun-kDp49OD2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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            "Machines",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      ],
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        "A button (of a joystick, joypad or similar device) that, when pressed, activates any of certain predefined functions that usually, but not always, involve selecting something out of a list of items."
      ],
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          "button",
          "button"
        ],
        [
          "joystick",
          "joystick"
        ],
        [
          "joypad",
          "joypad"
        ],
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "press",
          "press"
        ],
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ],
        [
          "select",
          "select"
        ]
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    }
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        ],
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          "joystick"
        ],
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          "joypad"
        ],
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          "device",
          "device"
        ],
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          "press",
          "press"
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          "function",
          "function"
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