selector

«selector» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who chooses players for a team — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a selector, selectors)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who chooses players for a team. tree →

2) A device, knob or switch for choosing a setting. tree →

3) (computing) A tool or rule that picks out items. tree →

sense in the lessons

In sport, selectors choose the national cricket or rugby team. In everyday life, a «gear selector» or «channel selector». In coding at school, a selector picks out parts of a web page. Phrases: «team selectors», «gear selector».

examples

• The selectors picked her for the county team. tree →
• Turn the selector to «wash». tree →
• The cricket selectors announced the squad. tree →
• Dad moved the gear selector to reverse. tree →
• The selector chose the fastest runners. tree →
• Use the colour selector to pick blue. tree →

note

Countable. From «select». Spelling ends «-or», not «-er».

Trees and pragmatics

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