selection

[sɪˈlekʃn]

Definition:
1. The act of choosing or selecting.
2. An assortment of things from which a choice can be made.
3. The person or thing chosen or selected.
4. A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment.
5. A passage selected from a larger work.

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Use 'selection' in a sentence:

1. Only the individuals of a species are subject to the pressures of natural selection.
2. It may yet be a selection effect.
3. Thus species selection is actually a result of individual selection.
4. This paper stated key points of cultivation and management from some aspects including field selection, seedling selection, field management, and harvest.
5. The selection process is based on rigorous tests of competence and experience.
6. We print a selection of previously unseen photos from the Spanish rider's early years.
7. Here's another selection of recent letters from our postbag.
8. The selection of the works was done in collaboration with other institutions.
9. It feels morally questionable, yet claims of genetic selection by intelligence are making headlines.
10. My selection for the team has given me a tremendous lift.
11. The selection of TV programmes, especially at the weekend, leaves a lot to be desired.
12. China's selection is very large this year.
13. This is in contrast to selection sort where you're fishing looking again and again for the smallest element.
14. Early research confirmed the role of intrasexual selection.
15. Will severe selection standards create elitism and threaten the Olympic ethic of participation?
16. We've rounded up a selection of products.
17. The children have to sit a tough selection test.
18. At times, it is actually possible to watch the effects of natural selection in host-parasite relationships.
19. "It seemed like the perfect chance for natural selection to act on a population," said Dr. Ilardo.
20. It is invidious to make a selection.
21. The showroom has a wide selection of kitchens.
22. In the first, male competition and intrasexual selection produce relatively short, simple songs used mainly in territorial behavior.
23. Dr. Sullivan's selection to head the Department of Health was greeted with satisfaction.
24. Natural selection favors the parasites that are best able to find and feed on hosts.
25. The process of judicial selection was held up to ridicule.
26. A selection of correspondence from P G Wodehouse realised £ 1,232.
27. Proper selection will eliminate one source of likely breakdown in the communication cycle.
28. We sampled a selection of different bottled waters.
29. Political selection is more dependent on sophistry and less on economic literacy.
30. This prompted many employers to appraise their selection and recruitment policies.
31. We urge colleges and universities to demystify the selection process.
32. Selection is based solely on merit.
33. See our selection of autumn favourites and take your pick.
34. There are many arguments for and against the interview as a selection procedure.
35. The answer we'll propose of course is that their behavior is largely a matter of natural selection.
36. With active habitat selection, an organism is able to physically select where to live and breed.
37. Shops have a very limited selection.
38. The final team selection will be made tomorrow.
39. The Queen is passing the money on to a selection of her favourite charities.
40. Go back and listen to the song selection and this time pay attention to the melody and to repetition.
41. There's always a wide selection of delicious meals to choose from.
42. A selection of readers' comments are published below.
43. A selection of reader's comments are published below.
44. Natural selection ensures only the fittest survive to pass their genes on to the next generation.
45. It offers the widest selection of antiques of every description in a one day market.
46. Thus, natural selection stabilized this host-parasite relationship.
47. Market traders display an exotic selection of the island's produce.
48. A performer in evening dress plays classical selections on the violin.
49. His name has cropped up at every selection meeting this season.