selection

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act of choosing or selecting
  2. noun an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
  3. noun the person or thing chosen or selected

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

choice, option, pick

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