Literary notes about select (AI summary)
The word “select” takes on a range of functions in literature, shifting its meaning with context. In technical and instructional texts, it frequently appears as an imperative command directing one to choose an option—examples include computer menus and digital interfaces, as seen in [1], [2], and [3]. In contrast, classical and formal writings use “select” as an adjective that implies exclusivity or refinement; for instance, phrases like “the select gods” in works by Saint Augustine ([4], [5]) or notions of “select company” in portrayals of elite social circles ([6], [7]) emphasize a distinguished group. Meanwhile, in mathematical texts and logical arguments, “select” is deployed in problem-solving contexts to denote the process of choosing specific elements from a set ([8], [9]). Thus, from technical directives and combinatorial challenges to expressions of privilege and fate, the term “select” is versatile in its application across a broad spectrum of literary genres ([10], [11], [12], [13]).
- Select 1, Modem setup, from this menu.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - Press ALT-P, select another port (choice 20 - 23), press ESC and try "AT" again (or ATQ0E1V1).
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - Press ESC to get to the main configuration menu and select 2, TERMINAL SETUP.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - 2. Who are the select gods, and whether they are held to be exempt from the offices of the commoner gods.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine - Whether, since it is evident that Deity is not to be found in the civil theology, we are to believe that it is to be found in the select gods.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine - At Marysville spoke in the theater to a small but select audience.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) by Ida Husted Harper - I hear he is keeping very select company.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce - We may thus select three from the top in ten ways and one from the bottom in five ways, making fifty.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney - But we may also select three from the bottom and one from the top in fifty ways.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney - It is not for me to select these examples, and I shall only mention two which were pointed out by the composer himself:
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Sigurd therefore did not hesitate to select this horse, and he gave him the name of Grane or Greyfell.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. Guerber - Select the best of what you have, and consider how passionately you would have longed for it had it not been yours.
— from The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius - As he allowed me to wander about the mountains at my will, so in the quest for truth he left me free to select my path.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore