Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

select

/sɪˈlɛkt/ adjective, verb, noun

Forms selects selecting selected selectest selectedst selecteth

adjective Privileged, specially selected. “Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.”
adjective Of high quality; top-notch. “This is a select cut of beef.”
verb To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options. “He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.”
verb (databases) To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.
noun 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.

Synonyms

From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).

adjective Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.
verb To choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best authors for perusal. "One peculiar nation to select." Milton.

Etymology [L. selectus, p. p. of seligere to select; pref. se- aside + levere to gather. See Legend.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “select”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “select” (best matches first).

वृश् vṛś vṛśyati, vavarśa, varśitum, to choose, select.
वावृत् vāvṛt vāvṛtyate, etc., to choose, select, prefer, love, like; to serve.
हुण्ड् huṇḍ huṇḍate, etc., to collect, accumulate; to select, choose, take, accept.
वृक्ष् vṛkṣ vṛkṣate, vavṛkṣe, vṛkṣitum, to select, take, accept; to cover; to keep off.
भुण्ड् bhuṇḍ bhuṇḍate, etc., to support, maintain; to support, maintain; to select; to take.
उद्वृ ud-vṛ -vṛṇoti, -ṇute, vṛṇāti, -ṇīte, -varati, -te, -varitum or -rītum, to elect, select, choose.
अनुयुज् anu-yuj -yuṅkte, -yoktum, to examine, question, put upon trial; to order; enjoin; to select (a husband).
उदाकृ ud-ā-kṛ -kṛṇoti, -ṇute, -karoti, -kurute, -kartum, to expel; to fetch out of; to select; A. to overpower.