selection
noun (a selection, selections; uncountable selection)
Everyday
- Selection is choosing someone or something from a group. tree →
- A selection is a set of things chosen, or a range of things to choose from. tree →
- (science) Natural selection is how living things that suit their surroundings survive and have young. tree →
In the lessons
In everyday life: a selection of cakes, team selection, selection boxes of sweets at Christmas. In science: natural selection. In computing, a selection is the highlighted part. Phrases: «a wide selection», «a selection of», «team selection», «natural selection».
Examples
- The bakery has a wide selection of bread. tree →
- Team selection is on Friday. tree →
- I got a selection box of chocolates. tree →
- Natural selection helps animals adapt over many generations. tree →
- Make a selection from the menu. tree →
- There are 4 cakes and 3 drinks; how many different selections of one cake and one drink? (12) tree →
- In making my selection I have chiefly tried to make the stories characteristic. tree →
Note
Noun of «select». In maths, counting selections: one from each group = multiply the numbers (4 × 3 = 12).
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «selection» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «selection» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/selection/