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selected
Part of speech: AdjectiveChosen from among a number; picked.
Usage examples "selected":- Then he threw off his coat, took his axe in hand and selected a tree on which to begin his attack. - "The Redemption of David Corson", Charles Frederic Goss.
- They selected one of these at a venture and hurried along it as fast as they could go, for they had no idea when the mother dragon would be back and were very anxious not to make her acquaintance. - "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz", L. Frank Baum..
- It was his peculiar style; he could paint in no other; and he was selected for that work, probably, because it was his style. - "Seven Discourses on Art", Joshua Reynolds.