What does selection mean?

Definitions for selection
sɪˈlɛk ʃənse·lec·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. choice, selection, option, picknoun

    the act of choosing or selecting

    "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

  2. selectionnoun

    an assortment of things from which a choice can be made

    "the store carried a large selection of shoes"

  3. choice, pick, selectionnoun

    the person or thing chosen or selected

    "he was my pick for mayor"

  4. survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selectionnoun

    a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

  5. excerpt, excerption, extract, selectionnoun

    a passage selected from a larger work

    "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

Wiktionary

  1. selectionnoun

    The process or act of selecting.

    The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.

  2. selectionnoun

    Something selected.

    My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafitte.

  3. selectionnoun

    A variety of items taken from a larger collection.

    I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.

  4. selectionnoun

    A musical piece.

    For my next selection, I'll play Happy Birthday in F-sharp minor.

  5. Etymology: From selectio, from selectus, perfect passive participle of seligo, from se- + lego.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Selectionnoun

    The act of culling or chusing; choice.

    Etymology: selectio, Lat. from select.

    While we single out several dishes, and reject others, the selection seems but arbitrary. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

ChatGPT

  1. selection

    Selection is the process of choosing or picking something or someone based on a certain set of criteria, evaluation, or preference. It can apply in various contexts such as recruitment and hiring in employment, choosing options in a survey, picking genetic traits in biology, and many others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Selectionnoun

    the act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference

  2. Selectionnoun

    that which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books

  3. Etymology: [L. selectio: cf. F. slection.]

Wikidata

  1. Selection

    In the context of evolution, certain traits or alleles of genes segregating within a population may be subject to selection. Under selection, individuals with advantages or "adaptive" traits tend to be more successful than their peers reproductively—meaning they contribute more offspring to the succeeding generation than others do. When these traits have a genetic basis, selection can increase the prevalence of those traits, because offspring will inherit those traits from their parents. When selection is intense and persistent, adaptive traits become universal to the population or species, which may then be said to have evolved.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. selection

    The act of choosing in preference to others; hence, selection of officers to act upon the staff, etc.; to select quarters, etc. See Quarters, Choice of.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'selection' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1685

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'selection' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2941

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'selection' in Nouns Frequency: #749

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of selection in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of selection in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of selection in a Sentence

  1. William Barr:

    I have known Bob Mueller for 30 years, we worked closely together throughout my previous tenure at the Department of Justice under President George H.W. Bush. We've been friends since. And I have the utmost respect for Bob Mueller and Bob Mueller distinguished record of public service. And when Bob Mueller was named special counsel, I said Bob Mueller selection was' good news' and that, knowing Bob Mueller, I had confidence Bob Mueller would handle the matter properly. And I still have that confidence today.

  2. Chuck Blazer:

    Among other things, I agreed with other persons in or around 1992 to facilitate the acceptance of a bribe in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup.

  3. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

    The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new President.

  4. Saul Alinsky:

    Obama said. Obama even joked at one point that his administration may have been able to achieve more if it were legal to offer patronage, noting a this-for-that strategy was essential in passing some of America’s most historic legislation. See the Fox News 2016 battleground prediction map and make your own election projections. See Predictions Map Yeah, because then it was transactional, then it was ‘I’d like this, I need that,’ and one of the things that’s changed from the [Lyndon] Johnson era obviously is I don’t have a postmaster job. Shoot, not just Johnson’s age — [Abraham] Lincoln’s age. Good-government reforms have hamstrung an administration, which I think is for the most part for the best. Obama did not spend much time speaking about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign. But he traced the billionaire's political rise back to Sarah Palin’s selection as Sen. John McCain’s presidential running mate in 2008.

  5. John Moore:

    You're going to see variants that are selected for greater transmissibility and/or antibody resistance because they're the two biggest selection pressures.

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