selection

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 46.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The process or act of selecting.

   The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.

2. noun Something selected.

   My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafite.

3. noun A variety of items taken from a larger collection.

   I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.

4. noun A musical piece.

   For my next selection, I'll play Happy Birthday in F-sharp minor.

5. noun A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
6. noun The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments.
7. noun A list of items on which user operations will take place.
8. noun A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.

Similar words

choice survival extract excerpt survival of the fittest pick natural selection selector picked selective

Often followed by

of and is in process for from criteria by

Word family

select selected selecting selections selective selectively selector selectors selects