selection

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a range of things to choose from

   The shop has a wide selection of shoes.

2. 2
   noun

   the act of choosing someone or something

   The selection of the new manager took weeks.

3. 3
   noun

   a group of items chosen from a larger collection

   I brought a selection of cheeses for the party.

Learned borrowing from Latin sēlēctiō (“the act of choosing out, selection”), from sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“apart”) + legō (“gather, select”). Equivalent to select + -ion.

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