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Selection
sɪˈlɛkʃn
- 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"
- a range of things from which a choice may be made
"the restaurant offers a wide selection of hot and cold dishes"
- 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"
- 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"
- the action of choosing and acquiring plots of land for small farming on terms favourable to the buyer
"blocks ranging in area from 158 to 3,102 acres have been thrown open for selection"
- a plot of land acquired by selection