Definition of selection

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Selection (n.) The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference..

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Reader :: Reader (n.) A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book.
Adversaria :: Adversaria (n. pl.) A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right..
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book..
Speaker :: Speaker (n.) A book of selections for declamation.
Cooptation :: Cooptation (n.) The act of choosing; selection; choice.
Election :: Election (a.) The act of choosing; choice; selection.
Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t..
Choose :: Choose (v. i.) To make a selection; to decide.
Critical :: Critical (n.) Inclined to make nice distinctions, or to exercise careful judgment and selection; exact; nicely judicious..
Anthem :: Anthem (n.) Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music..
Analectic :: Analectic (a.) Relating to analects; made up of selections; as, an analectic magazine..
Lection :: Lection (n.) A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service..
Rosary :: Rosary (n.) A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections..
Selection :: Selection (n.) The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference..
Detail :: Detail (n.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected..
Sortition :: Sortition (n.) Selection or appointment by lot.
Anthology :: Anthology (n.) A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services.
Casket :: Casket (n.) A book of selections.
Processional :: Processional (n.) A hymn, or other selection, sung during a church procession; as, the processional was the 202d hymn..
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