selection
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- noun
- /sɪˈlɛkʃən/
- After reviewing all the candidates, the committee made their final selection.
- selection criteria
- selection process
- selection bias
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Watch on YouTubeThey're undergoing jury selection in those trials.
- They're undergoing jury selection in those trials.
- So all of these methods of jury selection differ.
- So I came back to New Zealand and I did the selection and I passed.
- I think that leads us on to the England squad selection, right?
- So people are getting a view of how laborious jury selection can be.
- And then eventually reaching that goal, I passed selection the third time.
- Because if you have the same selection rule, you have cross terms.
- So he says, the selection of the role is another's.
- What that what selection dishes out to a person.
Examples
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Please make your selection.
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The primary criterion for selection was that they were doing great research.
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This is the second and, uh, final selection of the evening.
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And who was on the selection committee?
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So what we can see here is that total selection has declined.
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We will give the judges 30 minutes to make their selection.
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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
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A choice made after thinking about different options
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One thing you pick or the act of picking from several things
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A person or thing chosen from a group
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A process of choosing between two or more options
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A person picked out or preferred over others
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A person who staff choose for extra security checks at airports
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A careful choice of people or things made by one person
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A process in which plants and animals better suited to their home survive and have more young
- Specialized
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One side in a deal knows more than the other, causing unfair deals
- Specialized
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Human actions decide which animals or plants live and reproduce rather than nature
How Random
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Morphology
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.