Definitions for selection

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selection se·lec·tion

Spelling: [si-lek-shuh n]

IPA: /sɪˈlɛk ʃən/

Selection is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 574 anagrams from letters in selection (ceeilnost).

Definitions for selection

noun

1. an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
2. a thing or a number of things selected.
3. an aggregate of things displayed for choice, purchase, use, etc.; a group from which a choice may be made:
4. Biology. any natural or artificial process that results in differential reproduction among the members of a population so that the inheritable traits of only certain individuals are passed on, or are passed on in greater proportion, to succeeding generations. Compare natural selection, sexual selection, kin selection, artificial selection.
5. Linguistics. the choice of one form instead of another in a position where either can occur, as of ask instead of tell or with in the phrase ask me. the choice of one semantic or syntactic class of words in a construction, to the exclusion of others that do not occur there, as the choice of an animate object for the verb surprise.

Origin of selection

1640-50; Latin sēlēctiōn- (stem of sēlēctiō), equivalent to sēlēct(us) (see select) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for selection

(a) Why should care be exercised in the selection of foods to be canned?

Its members would not be beholden to any special interest groups, at all, for their selection.

What may be said of the selection of a pan for cooking candy?

Mary is rarely just Mary in this selection—she is almost always depicted with her newborn or dead son.

That the selection process is even being discussed and written about marks something of a unique moment in American politics.

The lucky recipient gets to choose from a selection of gifts ranging from cocktail kits to packages of wine and premium spirits.

What points should be considered in the selection of desserts?

(b) What factors should be considered in the selection of cereals?

However, when this is done, care should be taken in the selection.

Treasury has said the selection process is competitive enough and the contracts are handled responsibly.