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▪ I. self-select, a.
Brit. |ˌsɛlfsɪˈlɛkt|, U.S. |ˌsɛlfsəˈlɛkt|
[‹ self-select v. (compare sense 2 at that entry). Compare earlier self-selecting adj.]
Designating a facility, product, or service which allows or requires customers or users to make their own selection.
1969Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 19 Mar. d10/1 Pepsi Cola self select coin oper. pop machine, 30 cup coffee maker, and other items. 1982N.Y. Times 8 Aug. (Travel section) 16/1 The Queen Street Flower Market..won't do wired arrangements or deliveries, but you can pick your own, one or many, from the self-select flower bar. 1997Investors Chron. 19 Sept. 44/3 If you do want to hold the shares in a Pep, you'll have to do so through a self-select plan, where you pick the investments that are sheltered from tax.
▪ II. self-select, v.
Brit. |ˌsɛlfsɪˈlɛkt|, U.S. |ˌsɛlfsəˈlɛkt|
[‹ self- prefix + select v. Compare earlier self-selecting adj.]
1. intr. To identify oneself (or be identified) as suitable or appropriate; to be an automatic selection by dint of one's own nature or characteristics; (also) to make one's own selections.
1939C. J. Glynn et al. Public Opinion ix. 303 These leaders self-select to be very active in politics, and they are clearly of upper status in terms of education, income, and occupation. 1973Jrnl. Marriage & Family 35 601/2 Females of less than average fecundity may self-select into the labor force. 1993Fort Collins (Colorado) Triangle Rev. 1 July 9/1 Home-birth parents, usually self-selecting according to such criteria already, succumb to less quantifiable attributes. 2006N.Y. Mag. 13–20 Mar. 76/1 The door policy at this post-post-punk dance club is egalitarian.., but the crowd self-selects for downtown taste and style.
2. trans. To select autonomously; (also) to select in a manner (unconsciously) determined by one's own nature. Also refl.: = sense 1.
1960F. S. C. Northrop Philos. Anthropol. & Pract. Politics iv. 71 Human beings,..unlike calculating machines, self-select in part the data and information that is fed into them. 1960Social Probl. 8 103/1 It seems clear that members, to some extent, self-select themselves to groups of approximately their own social class level. 1978Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 43858/2 People will self-select themselves out of the system. 2001Financial Times 27 Jan. (Money Section) 8/1 (advt.) The benefits of self-selecting your..ISA. 2003N.Y. Mag. 10 Feb. 22/3 What if, by its very nature, book publishing is self-selecting exactly the wrong people? |
