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of high quality
goodBuy a really good foundation and cultivate a healthy glow.
good/high qualityWe have a real commitment to high-quality ingredients.
qualityWe are working hard to produce a quality product.
fineThey have a well-stocked cellar full of fine wines.
superiorThe food and service here are superior to any other restaurant in the city.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Extremely good
admirable
amazing
amazingly
ask for someone
award-winning
first-rate
five-star
gold-plated
gourmet
greatness
have no parallelphrase
par excellence
shining
soar
sock
splendid
splendidly
stellar
stupendously
wonderfully

select | American Dictionary

select
verb[ I/T ]
us/səˈlekt/

selectverb[I/T] (CHOOSE)

to choose something, or to make a choice:
[ T ]They have the option of selecting the school that they want their kids to go to.
[ I ]You can select from among the offerings shown on this screen.
select
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/səˈlekt/

selectadjective[not gradable] (BEST QUALITY)

the best of its type or highest in quality:
select fruit/school
a select group of people

select | Business English

select
verb
uk /sɪˈlekt/us
[ I or T ]
to choose someone or something from a group of people or things after careful thought:
The role of marketing is to select the target markets.
select sth/sb as sthThe bank has just been selected as the preferred bidder for Brussels International Airport.
select sth/sb for sthThe application form will be used to select candidates for interview.
select (sth) from sthWe were able to select from a large pool of applicants and to recruit people of a high standard.
[ T ] IT
to choose something from a computer menu (= list), or to mark something that you have chosen on a computer screen:
Open Outlook on the first machine and select File Import and Export to launch the program.
Select the text you want to copy and press Control-C.
select
adjective
uk /sɪˈlekt/us
of only the best type or highest quality, and usually small in amount:
Historically, stamp duty has been paid by fund managers and a select few private investors.
The products will be sold at a select group of specialist stores.

Examples of select

select
A study area and a control area were selected.
Thus, four variables must be selected in each evaluation of a dimensionless parameter.
A more detailed theory must take full account of the scattering of electrons by the selected ion.
We purposefully selected nursing homes to represent the organizational heterogeneity of long-term-care organizations in the state.
Next, we selected family members to be interviewed in depth about the decision-making process.
Of the 300 names randomly selected from the electoral list, 267 were currently living in the village.
The study used a two-phase sampling procedure : a firstphase screening followed by a second-phase standardized in-person interview of a selected sample.
They have been selected because of the extensive expertise in the area that their indicator covers.
A randomly selected 30 % of all interactions were independently coded and reliability checked by two trained coders.
The seven variables (described above) selected from these tests were entered into the factor analysis.
The specific subscales selected for inclusion in the model were limited to those which contribute independent variance to the prediction of eating disturbance status.
Second, we selected patients diagnosed with the combined subtype.
Independent raters reviewed audiotapes of 242 randomly selected informant interviews.
The sample was selected through systematic sampling, selecting every fourth woman consecutively.
Then welding conditions of the selected welding part are set.
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