Selection
noun
The action or process of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable.
He has a wide selection of books.
Often appears as...
- wide selection
- diverse selection
noun
A range of things from which a choice can be made.
The supermarket has a large selection of fruits.
Often appears as...
- large selection
- broad selection
noun
The choosing of someone or something as being the best or most suitable.
He has been under consideration for selection in the football team.
Often appears as...
- team selection
- final selection
noun
A system in which some things are chosen as being the best and given advantages over others.
The selection process at the university is tough.
Often appears as...
- selection process
- selection criteria
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noun
The action or process of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable.
He has a wide selection of books.
Often appears as...
- wide selection
- diverse selection
noun
A range of things from which a choice can be made.
The supermarket has a large selection of fruits.
Often appears as...
- large selection
- broad selection
noun
The choosing of someone or something as being the best or most suitable.
He has been under consideration for selection in the football team.
Often appears as...
- team selection
- final selection
noun
A system in which some things are chosen as being the best and given advantages over others.
The selection process at the university is tough.
Often appears as...
- selection process
- selection criteria
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Careful Choice
Indicates a thoughtful decision-making process, not random.
The chef's selection of spices made the dish exquisite.
Pro Tip 2/2Best Fit
Used when something is chosen for being the most appropriate among options.
Her selection of a dress was perfect for the occasion.
Pro Tip 1/2Careful Choice
Indicates a thoughtful decision-making process, not random.
The chef's selection of spices made the dish exquisite.
Pro Tip 2/2Best Fit
Used when something is chosen for being the most appropriate among options.
Her selection of a dress was perfect for the occasion.
Pro Tip 1/2Careful Choice
Indicates a thoughtful decision-making process, not random.
The chef's selection of spices made the dish exquisite.
Pro Tip 2/2Best Fit
Used when something is chosen for being the most appropriate among options.
Her selection of a dress was perfect for the occasion.
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Tim Laman & Ed Scholes:...
background and so the most important take-home message that I want to give you here is that female birds of paradise are actually the ones calling the evolutionary shots and that everything that we're gonna see that's extraordinary or interesting or fantastic about male birds of paradise is solely the results of the selection pressures of female birds of paradise
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Are athletes really...
It accelerated the artificial selection for specialized bodies. And if you plot a data point for these same two dozen sports today, it looks like this. The athletes' bodies have gotten much more different from one another. And because this chart looks like the charts that show the expanding universe,
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Myths and misconceptions...
Wrong! Remember, natural selection happens not at the organism level, but at the genetic level, and the same gene that exists in one organism will also exist in its relatives. So, a gene that makes an animal altruistically sacrifice itself to help the survival and future reproduction
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Can wildlife adapt to...
but historically, the recessive pale gray variant triumphed because of its selective advantage in helping these predators blend in. However, less snow cover reduces opportunities for camouflage, so lately, this gray color variant has been losing the battle against natural selection.
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How to create a great...
sound like pharmaceutical drugs or worse the name of a sofa from ikea associative names work by reflecting imagery meaning back to their back to the brand the amazon in south america is the world's largest river therefore the earth's biggest selection of books
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The networked beauty of...
more signals to her own kids, her own children. And then, this way she helps them do better, and then they survive more, and then they can pass their genes on to future generations. So, how natural selection works. Now, the way these forests are organized
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Why are some people...
If people were only fighting and competing throughout human evolution, natural selection would lead to more lefties being the ones that made it until there were so many of them, that it was no longer a rare asset. So in a purely competitive world,
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Dan Dennett: Responding...
you have to deny the theory of evolution by natural selection. And I think, on the contrary, that it is very important to solving the world's problems that we take evolutionary biology seriously. Whose truth are we going to listen to?
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
the best possible start in life thanks to the extraordinary hardships endured by their parents parents who battled with the Antarctic winter and won for an idea of the scale for the super giant we're here to find I've got a selection
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How does the Nobel Peace...
has been interpreted as an attempt to respectfully honor the so-called missing laureate. As with the other Nobel Prizes, the Peace Prize can't be awarded posthumously. The secret selection process takes almost a year,
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Tim Laman & Ed Scholes:...
background and so the most important take-home message that I want to give you here is that female birds of paradise are actually the ones calling the evolutionary shots and that everything that we're gonna see that's extraordinary or interesting or fantastic about male birds of paradise is solely the results of the selection pressures of female birds of paradise
Video examples
Are athletes really...
It accelerated the artificial selection for specialized bodies. And if you plot a data point for these same two dozen sports today, it looks like this. The athletes' bodies have gotten much more different from one another. And because this chart looks like the charts that show the expanding universe,
Video examples
Myths and misconceptions...
Wrong! Remember, natural selection happens not at the organism level, but at the genetic level, and the same gene that exists in one organism will also exist in its relatives. So, a gene that makes an animal altruistically sacrifice itself to help the survival and future reproduction
Video examples
Can wildlife adapt to...
but historically, the recessive pale gray variant triumphed because of its selective advantage in helping these predators blend in. However, less snow cover reduces opportunities for camouflage, so lately, this gray color variant has been losing the battle against natural selection.
Video examples
How to create a great...
sound like pharmaceutical drugs or worse the name of a sofa from ikea associative names work by reflecting imagery meaning back to their back to the brand the amazon in south america is the world's largest river therefore the earth's biggest selection of books
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The networked beauty of...
more signals to her own kids, her own children. And then, this way she helps them do better, and then they survive more, and then they can pass their genes on to future generations. So, how natural selection works. Now, the way these forests are organized
Video examples
Why are some people...
If people were only fighting and competing throughout human evolution, natural selection would lead to more lefties being the ones that made it until there were so many of them, that it was no longer a rare asset. So in a purely competitive world,
Video examples
Dan Dennett: Responding...
you have to deny the theory of evolution by natural selection. And I think, on the contrary, that it is very important to solving the world's problems that we take evolutionary biology seriously. Whose truth are we going to listen to?
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
the best possible start in life thanks to the extraordinary hardships endured by their parents parents who battled with the Antarctic winter and won for an idea of the scale for the super giant we're here to find I've got a selection
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How does the Nobel Peace...
has been interpreted as an attempt to respectfully honor the so-called missing laureate. As with the other Nobel Prizes, the Peace Prize can't be awarded posthumously. The secret selection process takes almost a year,
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Jamie xx
English Musician
Floating Points plays a lot of music that I don't know, and I like geeking out and trying to find out what the tracks are. His knowledge of house music is pretty deep, and his selection is just amazing. And I think it's a pleasure to listen to his music because it's so perfectly produced.
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Lynn Margulis
American Scientist
All scientists agree that evolution has occurred - that all life comes from a common ancestry, that there has been extinction, and that new taxa, new biological groups, have arisen. The question is, is natural selection enough to explain evolution? Is it the driver of evolution?
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Marie Kondo
Japanese Businesswoman
About tidying up a toy box, you should let your kids experience the selection process by touching all of their toys. It's also important how they throw away their toys. They can earn a stronger sense of valuing things when they throw things away with respect and appreciation.
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Rebecca Serle
American Writer
I have often said that I think children's books are like poetry. Finding the exact right words to tell a story is something all writers, regardless of genre, are challenged to do, but it is in children's that the art of selection really becomes an art.
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T. E. Hulme
English Critic
No history can be a faithful mirror. If it were, it would be as long and as dull as life itself. It must be a selection, and, being a selection, must inevitably be biased.
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Luther Burbank
American Environmentalist
I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection.
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Andrea Bocelli
Italian Musician
Passione' is a selection of the music moments that have accompanied my youth; a collection of cherished memories, of moments, of fleeting emotions, of sleepless nights.
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
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Inzamam-ul-Haq
Pakistani Coach
I've never linked team selection to offering prayers, and reports suggesting otherwise are all wrong.
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Shreyas Iyer
Indian Cricketer
It's better to enjoy life - selection is a temporary thing.
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Jamie xx
English Musician
Floating Points plays a lot of music that I don't know, and I like geeking out and trying to find out what the tracks are. His knowledge of house music is pretty deep, and his selection is just amazing. And I think it's a pleasure to listen to his music because it's so perfectly produced.
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Lynn Margulis
American Scientist
All scientists agree that evolution has occurred - that all life comes from a common ancestry, that there has been extinction, and that new taxa, new biological groups, have arisen. The question is, is natural selection enough to explain evolution? Is it the driver of evolution?
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Marie Kondo
Japanese Businesswoman
About tidying up a toy box, you should let your kids experience the selection process by touching all of their toys. It's also important how they throw away their toys. They can earn a stronger sense of valuing things when they throw things away with respect and appreciation.
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Rebecca Serle
American Writer
I have often said that I think children's books are like poetry. Finding the exact right words to tell a story is something all writers, regardless of genre, are challenged to do, but it is in children's that the art of selection really becomes an art.
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T. E. Hulme
English Critic
No history can be a faithful mirror. If it were, it would be as long and as dull as life itself. It must be a selection, and, being a selection, must inevitably be biased.
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Luther Burbank
American Environmentalist
I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection.
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Andrea Bocelli
Italian Musician
Passione' is a selection of the music moments that have accompanied my youth; a collection of cherished memories, of moments, of fleeting emotions, of sleepless nights.
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
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Inzamam-ul-Haq
Pakistani Coach
I've never linked team selection to offering prayers, and reports suggesting otherwise are all wrong.
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Shreyas Iyer
Indian Cricketer
It's better to enjoy life - selection is a temporary thing.
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