selection
/səˈlɛkʃən/selection
NOUNDefinition of selection
A person makes a selection when a person chooses a smaller number of things from a larger group of things.
A selection of things is different things that have been chosen or that you can choose from.
Example: The window of the store shows a selection of the things you can buy in the store.
Selection is a process where the best adapted life forms survive and the others die out.
Example: Charles Darwin was a scientist who wrote about natural selection.
In Australia, a selection was an area of land which a farmer could choose to buy.
Example: The first thing he had to do was clear the trees of his selection.
selection
EXAMPLESExamples of selection
The window of the store shows a selection of the things you can buy in the store.
Example sentenceCharles Darwin was a scientist who wrote about natural selection.
Example sentenceThe first thing he had to do was clear the trees of his selection.
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