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   selection

   /sɪˈlɛkʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action or fact of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable: "such men decided the selection of candidates"
   • ▪ a number of carefully chosen things: "the publication of a selection of his poems" Similar anthologyassortmentchoicemiscellanymedleypot-pourricollectionassemblage
   • ▪ a range of things from which a choice may be made: "the restaurant offers a wide selection of hot and cold dishes" Similar choicepickoptionpreferenceelectionrangearraydiversitydisplayvarietyassortmentmixtureline-upsetrepertoire
   • ▪ a horse or horses tipped as worth bets in a race or meeting: "I make Dayflower the selection for the Irish 1000 Guineas"
   • ▪ data highlighted on a computer screen for a particular operation: "your selection may not contain two different data types"
   • 2. a process in which environmental or genetic influences determine which types of organism thrive better than others, regarded as a factor in evolution: "there has been more than enough time for selection to generate specific DNA sequences of the required length"
   • 3. the action of choosing and acquiring plots of land for small farming on terms favourable to the buyer: historical Australian, New Zealand "blocks ranging in area from 158 to 3,102 acres have been thrown open for selection"
   • ▪ a plot of land acquired by selection.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin selectio(n-), from seligere ‘select by separating off’ (see select).

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