selection
The process or act of selectingThe process or act of selecting.
» I've made my selection.
Meaning
11 senses(countable, uncountable)The process or act of selecting.
The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.
Anwahl, Auswahl, Wahl
вы́борvýbor, отбо́рotbór, селе́кцияselékcija
ви́бірvýbir, відбі́рvidbír
the act of choosing or selecting
(countable, uncountable)Something selected.
My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafite.
Auslese, Auswahl, Markierung
вы́борvýbor
the person or thing chosen or selected
(countable, uncountable)A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.
Auslese, Auswahl, Markierung
вы́боркаvýborka, подбо́ркаpodbórka
(countable, uncountable)A musical piece.
For my next selection, I'll play Happy Birthday in F-sharp minor.
(countable, uncountable)A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
(countable, uncountable)The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments.
(countable, uncountable)A list of items on which user operations will take place.
(countable, uncountable)A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
(countable, historical, uncountable)The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s.
The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s.
(Australia, countable, historical, uncountable)A plot of land, or farm, thus selected.
(countable, uncountable)The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding.
Examples
64 sentencesI've made my selection.
Tom made a careful selection.
Jury selection begins Monday.
There's a great selection of food.
This shop has a much wider selection.
ruВ этом магазине выбор намного больше.
deDieses Geschäft hat eine viel größere Auswahl.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin sēlēctiō (“the act of choosing out, selection”), from sēligōLearned borrowing from Latin sēlēctiō (“the act of choosing out, selection”), from sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“apart”) + legō (“gather, select”). Equivalent to select + -ion.
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Forms
plural: selections| Singular | selection |
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Synonyms
12 synonyms- the act of choosing or selecting:choiceoptionpick
- the person or thing chosen or selected:choicepick
- a passage selected from a larger work:excerptexcerptionextract
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment:survivalsurvival of the fittestnatural selection
Word family
68 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable