selection

«selection» in Mova's school dictionary: choosing someone or something from a group — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a selection, selections; uncountable selection)

meaning for a pupil

1) Selection is choosing someone or something from a group. tree →

2) A selection is a set of things chosen, or a range of things to choose from. tree →

3) (science) Natural selection is how living things that suit their surroundings survive and have young. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: a selection of cakes, team selection, selection boxes of sweets at Christmas. In science: natural selection. In computing, a selection is the highlighted part. Phrases: «a wide selection», «a selection of», «team selection», «natural selection».

examples

• The bakery has a wide selection of bread. tree →
• Team selection is on Friday. tree →
• I got a selection box of chocolates. tree →
• Natural selection helps animals adapt over many generations. tree →
• Make a selection from the menu. tree →
• There are 4 cakes and 3 drinks; how many different selections of one cake and one drink? (12) tree →
• In making my selection I have chiefly tried to make the stories characteristic. tree →

note

Noun of «select». In maths, counting selections: one from each group = multiply the numbers (4 × 3 = 12).

In the corpora

• Alfred Russel Wallace came up with the same idea of natural selection at the same time as Darwin.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «selection» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.