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selection

selection

155 1.8
The person or thing chosen for a specific purpose
  • noun
  • /sɪˈlɛkʃən/
translation icon : selección
  • After reviewing all the candidates, the committee made their final selection.
  • selection criteria
  • selection process
  • selection bias

They're undergoing jury selection in those trials.

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Examples

  • Please make your selection.

  • The primary criterion for selection was that they were doing great research.

  • This is the second and, uh, final selection of the evening.

  • And who was on the selection committee?

  • So what we can see here is that total selection has declined.

  • We will give the judges 30 minutes to make their selection.

  • Finally, the careful consideration that went into the selection of these stories should not go unnoticed.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • An important consideration in the selection of the teachers was to ensure heterogeneity.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Upward Bound students in this study reported receiving the most course selection assistance from their school counselors.

    Academic text (2015)
  • We will give the judges 30 minutes to make their selection.

Synonyms

choice
vsselection
1.0

One thing you pick or the act of picking from several things

is the same idea and the general term for both action and result
decision
vsselection
1.0

A choice made after thinking about different options

is the more general act of choosing not always involving lengthy thought
pick
vsselection
283 1.0

A person or thing chosen from a group

is the broader word that covers any act or result of choosing
selectee
vsselection
3 6.7

A person who staff choose for extra security checks at airports

is the general term covering the act or the resulting person or thing
chosen
vsselection
5.2

A person picked out or preferred over others

is the broader term for the action or the thing resulting from it
handpicking
vsselection
3.9

A careful choice of people or things made by one person

is the ordinary term for making a choice without stressing personal care
deciding
vsselection
1.8

A process of choosing between two or more options

is the broader term for the action or its result rather than just process

Antonyms

180 3.0

Not being accepted by people or a group

Compounds

natural selection
  • Specialized
43 3.9

A process in which plants and animals better suited to their home survive and have more young

A large variety of things to choose from

adverse selection
  • Specialized
1 8.1

One side in a deal knows more than the other, causing unfair deals

unnatural selection
  • Specialized
7.7

Human actions decide which animals or plants live and reproduce rather than nature

How Random

coin toss
17 2.4
lotting
7.9
assignment
38 1.8
selection
155 1.8
choice
1.0

Surface Forms

selection singular
selections plural

Morphology

selection = select (transparent) = select + ion

Standard nominalization: the verb 'select' + '-ion' yields a noun meaning the act or result of choosing.

Etymology

Selection comes from the root select, which means 'choose' or 'pick'. So a selection can be the person or thing someone has 'picked' for a job, prize, or role.