(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Selection is the act of selecting one or more people or things from a group.
...Darwin’s principles of natural ~...
Dr. Sullivan’s ~ to head the Department of Health was greeted with satisfaction...
N-UNCOUNT: with supp
2.
A ~ of people or things is a set of them that have been selected from a larger group.
...this ~ of popular songs.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
3.
The ~ of goods in a shop is the particular range of goods that it has available and from which you can choose what you want.
It offers the widest ~ of antiques of every description in a one day market.
= range
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n