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selection

se·lec·tion

UK/səˈlɛkʃən/ US/sʌˈlɛkʃʌn/ fairly common

noun

1.

the act of choosing or selecting

  • “your choice of colors was unfortunate”
  • “you can take your pick”
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2.

an assortment of things from which a choice can be made

  • “the store carried a large selection of shoes”
3.

the person or thing chosen or selected

  • “he was my pick for mayor”
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4.
5.

a passage selected from a larger work

  • “he presented excerpts from William James”
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Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin sēlēctiō (“the act of choosing out, selection”), from sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“apart”) + legō (“gather, select”). Equivalent to select + -ion.

Phrases

  • adverse selection
  • ambidirectional selection
  • apostatic selection
  • artificial selection
  • asexual selection
  • background selection
  • balancing selection
  • clonal selection

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