Selects

Selects is the third-person singular present tense form of the verb select, meaning to choose from a set of alternatives. It is used when the subject is he, she, or a singular noun. Examples: She selects the best option; the committee selects a representative each year. The verb's other forms are select (base form), selecting (present participle/gerund), and selected (past tense and past participle).

In computing, the capitalized SELECT denotes the SQL language statement used to retrieve data from a database. The term "selects" may be used descriptively in documentation: "the query selects rows where age > 18," but it is not a separate command; it refers to the action performed by the SELECT statement.

Etymology traces select to the Latin selectus, the past participle of eligere, meaning to choose. Related forms include selection, selector, and selectivity. In everyday use, synonyms for select include choose, pick, elect, and opt. The term often appears in contexts ranging from discussion of choices in everyday language to technical descriptions of database queries or filtering operations in software.