- se‧lec‧tion
- 1 [uncountable]
the careful choice of a particular person or thing from a group of similar people or things - selection of
the selection of a new leader
It was not easy to make our selection.
- selection for
He had narrowly missed selection for the team.
- selection as
Perlman's selection as the party's candidate
- 2 [countable]
something that has been chosen from among a group of things [= choice]: To order, just write your selections on the form.
- selection from
These drawings represent a selection from a larger exhibition.
- 3 [countable usually singular]
a group of things of a particular type, often of things that are for sale [= range] - selection of
a wide selection of shellfish
- ➔ natural selection
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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