selection

/si'lekʃn/
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selection

The shopper makes a careful selection from the fruit display.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • The act or process of choosing or selecting something from a group of options. This is the core meaning, referring to the action of making a choice.
    • A thing or set of things that have been chosen or are available to be chosen. This refers to the result of the choosing process or the group from which a choice is made.
    • (In biology) A natural or artificial process by which certain heritable traits become more common in a population over generations. This is a specialized scientific meaning.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun (Act/Process):
    • The selection of the team captain will happen tomorrow.
    • Careful selection of materials is crucial for the project's success.
  • Noun (Things Chosen/Available):
    • The store offers a wide selection of cheeses.
    • The anthology contains a selection of the author's best poems.
  • Noun (Biology):
    • Natural selection is a key mechanism of evolution.
    • Artificial selection has produced many modern dog breeds.
Advanced Usage
  • "Selection committee/panel": A group of people appointed to choose someone or something.
    • The selection committee will interview the candidates next week.
  • "Selection pressure": (Biology) An environmental factor that causes certain traits to be favored for survival and reproduction.
    • Predators exert a strong selection pressure on prey species.
Variants and Related Words
  • Select (verb): To choose carefully from a group.
    • Please select your preferred language.
  • Selective (adjective): Involving or characterized by careful choice; choosy.
    • She is very selective about the movies she watches.
  • Selector (noun): A person or thing that selects.
    • The team selector has a difficult job.
Synonyms
  • Choice: The act of choosing or the thing chosen.
  • Assortment: A varied collection of things.
  • Pick: An informal term for choice or selection.
  • Excerpt: A short extract from a text or piece of music.
Related Phrases
  • Natural selection: The process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
  • Adverse selection: (Economics) A situation where asymmetric information results in a market transaction being more likely to involve a low-quality product.
  • Selection bias: (Statistics) A bias introduced by the selection of individuals, groups, or data for analysis.
Idioms
  • "The cream of the selection": The best of the available choices.
    • These applicants are the cream of the selection.
  • "To have a wide/narrow selection": To have many or few options to choose from.
    • The small village shop has a very narrow selection.
selection

The shopper makes a careful selection from the fruit display.

Noun
  1. a passage selected from a larger work
    • he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
  2. a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
  3. the person or thing chosen or selected
    • he was my pick for mayor
  4. an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
    • the store carried a large selection of shoes
  5. the act of choosing or selecting
    • your choice of colors was unfortunate
    • you can take your pick

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