selectˈee noun

A person who is selected, esp (US) a person selected for military service

selecˈtion noun

1. The act of selecting
2. A thing or collection of things selected
3. A potpourri (music)
4. The process by which some individuals contribute more offspring than others to the next generation, in natural selection through intrinsic differences in fertility and survival, and in artificial selection through the breeder's choice of parents (biology)
5. A horse selected as likely to win a race
6. A number or group of things from which to select
7. Free-selection (Aust)

Relating to or consisting of selection

selecˈtionist noun

A person who believes that natural selection is responsible for evolution and diversity in natural systems (also adjective)

selecˈtive adjective

1. Having or exercising power of selection
2. Able to discriminate, eg between different frequencies
3. Choosing, involving, etc, only certain things or people

selecˈtively adverb

selecˈtiveness noun

selectivˈity /sel-/ noun

Ability to discriminate

selectˈness noun

selectˈor noun

selectoˈrial adjective

select committee noun

A number of members of parliament chosen to report and advise on some matter

selective attention see under attention

selective mating noun

The selection of mates, based on some outward characteristic (eg tail length in birds) and/or on competition between members of the same sex

selective service noun

Formerly, in the USA, compulsory military service under which men were conscripted selectively

selective weedkiller noun

A weedkiller that does not destroy certain plants

selectˈman noun

In New England towns, one of a board of officers chosen to manage local business

select out (US; euphemistic)

To give (someone) the sack