different between ordain vs select

English

Etymology

From Middle English ordeynen, from Old French ordiner, from Latin ordinare (“to order”), from ordo (“order”). Doublet of ordinate.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???de?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???de?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Hyphenation: or?dain

Verb

ordain (third-person singular simple present ordains, present participle ordaining, simple past and past participle ordained)

1. To prearrange unalterably.
2. To decree.
3. (religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
4. To predestine.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• foresay

Derived terms

• ordainment
• preordain

Related terms

• order

Translations

See also

• ordination

Further reading

• ordain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ordain in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ordain at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Ardoin, Dorian, NORAID, Orinda, Rodina, donair, draino, inroad, radion, ranoid

English

Etymology

From Latin s?l?ctus, perfect passive participle of s?lig? (“choose out, select”), from s?- (“without; apart”) + leg? (“gather, select”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??l?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt
• Hyphenation: se?lect

Adjective

select (comparative more select, superlative most select)

1. Privileged, specially selected.
   • At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

2. Of high quality; top-notch.

Translations

Verb

select (third-person singular simple present selects, present participle selecting, simple past and past participle selected)

1. To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.

   He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.

   The program computes all the students' grades, then selects a random sample for human verification.

2. (databases) To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.

Synonyms

• (to choose): choose, opt

Antonyms

• deselect

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• celest, elects, scelet

Romanian

Etymology

From French select.

Adjective

select m or n (feminine singular select?, masculine plural selec?i, feminine and neuter plural selecte)

1. select

Declension