Dictionary

selection en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/səˈlɛkʃən/
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Etymology

Learned 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.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The process or act of selecting.
- The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.
(countable, uncountable) Something selected.
- My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafite.
(countable, uncountable) A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.
(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.
- Our selection adjoined a sheep-run on the Darling Downs, and boasted […] a forest of box-trees, a stock-yard, and six acres under barley[.] 1899, Steele Rudd, chapter 3, in On Our Selection, Sydney: Bulletin:
(Australia, countable, historical, uncountable) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ▸ 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.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of natural selection.
alt of natural selection
- Slow though the process of selection may be, if feeble man can do much by his powers of artificial selection, I can see no limit to the amount of change, to the beauty and infinite complexity of the coadaptations between all organic beings, one with another and with their physical conditions of life, which may be effected in the long course of time by nature’s power of selection. 1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Natural Selection”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 109:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
selections	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

selectee · elite · elective · panselective · selectance · élitist · elitism · selectable · selectiveness · selectly · selector · selectability · selectively · election · élite · elect · selectness · selectman · selectivity · élitism · panselectivist · select · selective · elitist

Synonyms

number (musical piece) · choice · option (something selected) · subset (variety from larger collection) · piece (musical piece)

Translations (142)

ro selectare (process or act of selecting) · ota اختیار (process or act of selecting) · de Nominierung (something selected) · de Markierung (something selected) · sh селекција (process or act of selecting) · de Sichtung (something selected) · hu választás (something selected) · gl escolma (process or act of selecting) · hi चयन (something selected) · tr seleksiyon (something selected) · sl izbor (something selected) · hi चुनना (process or act of selecting) · gd taghadh (process or act of selecting) · fi tarjooma (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · tr seçilen (something selected) · ro culegere (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · ru вы́борка (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · nb seleksjon (process or act of selecting) · ga rogha (process or act of selecting) · sh selekcija (process or act of selecting) · de Auswahl (something selected) · de Aufruf (process or act of selecting) · de Nominierung (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · ru вы́бор (something selected) · tr seleksiyon (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · gl escolma (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · nb utvalg (something selected) · hy ընտրություն (something selected) · fa انتخاب (process or act of selecting) · sh избор (something selected) · bg подбор (process or act of selecting) · hu választék (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · hy ընտրություն (process or act of selecting) · da selektion (process or act of selecting) · gl escolla (something selected) · ru отбо́р (process or act of selecting) · grc ἐκλογή (something selected) · it selezione (process or act of selecting) · tl pilian (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · sv urval (process or act of selecting) · fr sélection (process or act of selecting) · fi valitseminen (process or act of selecting) · hu kiválasztódás (biology: natural selection) · be вы́бар (process or act of selecting) · sl selekcija (process or act of selecting) · uk відбі́р (process or act of selecting) · nb utvalg (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · nn utval (something selected) · gl escolleita (process or act of selecting) · es selección (process or act of selecting) · de Auslese (something selected) · sk voľba (something selected) · wa relijha (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · ro alegere (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · hu kiválogatás (process or act of selecting) · hu választás (process or act of selecting) · mi tīpakonga (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · ro selecție (something selected) · yi וואַל (process or act of selecting) · wa leccion (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · wa tchoezixhaedje (process or act of selecting) · da valg (process or act of selecting) · sk selekcia (process or act of selecting) · uk ви́бір (process or act of selecting) · ro selecție (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · wa relijhaedje (process or act of selecting) · hu szelektálás (process or act of selecting) · pl selekcja (process or act of selecting) · nb utvalg (process or act of selecting) · cs výběr (process or act of selecting) · ro selecție (process or act of selecting) · hi चयनित (something selected) · bg избор (process or act of selecting) · hu kiválogatódás (biology: natural selection) · hu kiválasztás (process or act of selecting) · fr sélection (something selected) · eu aukeraketa (process or act of selecting) · fa گزینه (something selected) · sk výber (process or act of selecting) · hu válogatás (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · grc ἐκλογή (process or act of selecting) · de Wahl (process or act of selecting) · ja 選択 (process or act of selecting) · hy ընտրում (process or act of selecting) · eu aukera (something selected) · pt seleção (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · pt seleção (something selected) · pt seleção (process or act of selecting) · hu válogatás (process or act of selecting) · de Sichtung (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · cmn 選擇 /选择 (process or act of selecting) · de Markierung (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · de Auslese (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · tr ayırma (process or act of selecting) · tr seçme (process or act of selecting) · grc ἐκλογή (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · sk výber (something selected) · sl izbor (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · bg подборка (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · hu szelekció (biology: natural selection) · sl izbira (process or act of selecting) · tl pilian (process or act of selecting) · be селе́кцыя (process or act of selecting) · ru подбо́рка (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · bn ইন্তেখাব (process or act of selecting) · es selección (something selected) · de Anwahl (process or act of selecting) · de Auswahl (process or act of selecting) · bg подборка (something selected) · hi चयन करना (process or act of selecting) · nn utval (process or act of selecting) · tr seçilen (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · ru селе́кция (process or act of selecting) · ms pemilihan (process or act of selecting) · hu döntés (something selected) · sh izbor (something selected) · fa برگزیده (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · de Auswahl (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · nn utval (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · eu aukera (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · fi valinta (process or act of selecting) · hy սելեկցիա (process or act of selecting) · sk výber (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · ga rogha (something selected) · fi valikoima (variety of items taken from a larger collection) · mi whiringa (something selected) · ru вы́бор (process or act of selecting) · mi kōwhitinga (something selected) · nn seleksjon (process or act of selecting) · de Aussonderung (process or act of selecting) · be адбо́р (process or act of selecting) · la sēlēctiō (process or act of selecting) · fa گزینش (process or act of selecting) · nb utvelgelse (process or act of selecting) · tr seçenek (something selected) · ca selecció (process or act of selecting) · ko 선택 (process or act of selecting) · mi tīpakonga (something selected) · gl selección (process or act of selecting) · bg избор (something selected) · fi valinta (something selected) · gl escolla (process or act of selecting)