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 Definitions of selection  [ɪˈlɛk ʃən]  

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Definition of 'selection' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) selection
an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected.

2.  selection
a thing or a number of things selected.

3.  selection
an aggregate of things displayed for choice, purchase, use, etc.

4.  selection
a process that results in some members of a population having greater success in perpetuating their genetic traits.


Definition of 'selection' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) choice, selection, option, pick
the act of choosing or selecting
"your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

2. (noun) selection
an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
"the store carried a large selection of shoes"

3. (noun) choice, pick, selection
the person or thing chosen or selected
"he was my pick for mayor"

4. (noun) survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection
a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

5. (noun) excerpt, excerption, extract, selection
a passage selected from a larger work
"he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"


Definition of 'selection' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) selection
sth that sb has chosen
Make your selection then proceed to checkout.

2.  selection
the process of choosing
The selection process may take up to six weeks.

3.  selection
a number of things to choose from
We stock a wide selection of gifts for every occasion.


Definition of 'selection' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) selection
the act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference

2. (noun) selection
that which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books


Translation of 'selection' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the act or process of selecting or being selected
a selection of boys for the choir; (

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: keur Arabic flag Arabic: إخْتِيار، إنتِقاء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: подбор
Brazilian flag Brazilian: seleção Czech flag Czech: výběr(ový) German flag German: die Wahl, Wahl-...
Danish flag Danish: udvælgelse; udvælgelses- Greek flag Greek: επιλογή, διαλογή Spanish flag Spanish: elección
Estonian flag Estonian: valimine Farsi flag Farsi: انتخاب Finnish flag Finnish: valitseminen
French flag French: sélection; (de) choix Hebrew flag Hebrew: בְּחִירָה Hindi flag Hindi: चयन, छांट
Croatian flag Croatian: izbor, odabiranje Hungarian flag Hungarian: kiválasztás; válogató Indonesian flag Indonesian: seleksi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: það að velja úr, val; dóm Italian flag Italian: selezione; selezionatore Japanese flag Japanese: 選抜
Korean flag Korean: 선발 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: parinkimas, atranka Latvian flag Latvian: izvēle; atlase
Malay flag Malay: pemilihan Dutch flag Dutch: selectie Norwegian flag Norwegian: utvelging, utvalg; utvelg
Polish flag Polish: selekcja Persian flag Persian: انتخاب Pashto flag Pashto: انتخاب
Portuguese flag Portuguese: selecção Romanian flag Romanian: selecţie; alegere Russian flag Russian: выбор; отбор
Slovak flag Slovak: výber; výberový Slovenian flag Slovenian: izbira Serbian flag Serbian: selekcija
Swedish flag Swedish: urval, utväljande, uttagn Thai flag Thai: การเลือกคนหรือสิ่งของ Turkish flag Turkish: seç(il)me
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (被)挑選(的過程) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: вибір Urdu flag Urdu: انتخاب کا عمل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự lựa chọn Chinese flag Chinese: 选择,被挑选的过程

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