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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024se•lec•tion /sɪˈlɛkʃən/USA pronunciation n. - an act or instance of selecting, or the state of being selected:[uncountable]The selection of a president takes place every four years.
- [countable] a thing or things selected.
- a group of things displayed, as in a store:[countable]a fine selection of wines.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024se•lec•tion (si lek′shən),USA pronunciation n. - an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected;
choice. - a thing or a number of things selected.
- an aggregate of things displayed for choice, purchase, use, etc.;
a group from which a choice may be made:The store had a wide selection of bracelets. - Biologyany 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. Cf. natural selection, sexual selection, kin selection, artificial selection.
- 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.
- Latin sēlēctiōn- (stem of sēlēctiō), equivalent. to sēlēct(us) (see select) + -iōn- -ion
- 1640–50
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged collection, gathering, pick.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rejection.
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