selection
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3.2
- noun
- /sɪˈlɛkʃən/
:
extracto
- Thank you, Amity High School Band for that eloquent selection.
- text selection
- reading selections
- musical selections
Now, Hitchens, you know, maybe from the reading selection, you don't know as much about him.
- Now, Hitchens, you know, maybe from the reading selection, you don't know as much about him.
- Now, we don't actually have Posidonius's text where we just have selections from other authors that that discuss that.
- Alternatively, many students enjoy and benefit from staging dramatic readings of a selection from a script.
Examples
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And now, brothers and sisters, while Sister Roop realigns her spheres of spiritual thrust, a selection of stirring hymns and martial airs prepared and gifted to us by our sister station, Radio Joplin.
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At one, a group of singers presented a selection of runos telling a story.
Fiction book (1992) -
Play a recording of that particular selection for them and then watch the movie without sound.
Academic text (2015) -
Here's a quick selection of some that I bought.
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So, this is our selection of nutcrackers.
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Michael's work has been published in French and Swedish; this selection is his first appearance in English translation.
Fiction book (1995) -
Alternatively, many students enjoy and benefit from staging dramatic readings of a selection from a script.
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Teaching narrative text selections is an important part of the middle grades English curriculum.
Academic text (2011) -
Peter Michelson invited me to publish some selections from the manuscript in Chicago Review.
Fiction book (1996) -
This book contains an insightful selection of short stories from various authors.
Synonyms
763
4.3
A short part taken from a longer text, song, or film
149
2.8
A short part of a text or musical piece
16
3.7
A short part taken from a book or article
12
5.6
A short group of notes that forms a musical idea
1
3.4
A short group of notes that sounds complete in a piece of music
A short part taken from a longer text for reading or study
A short part of a piece of music with its own sound or idea
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
43
3.9
A process in which plants and animals better suited to their home survive and have more young
- Specialized
1
8.1
One side in a deal knows more than the other, causing unfair deals
- Specialized
Human actions decide which animals or plants live and reproduce rather than nature
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Selection comes from the root select, meaning 'choose' or 'pick', so a selection from a book or piece of music is a part that has been 'picked' out to read or play. This is why a selection is a chosen excerpt from a larger work.