selection
US /səˈlɛkʃən/
Definition
the act of choosing or selecting
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The store offers a wide selection of office furniture at low prices.
Word Family
Synonyms
- choicethe person or thing chosen or selected
- assortmenta collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- arrayan orderly arrangement
Collocations
- Easy wide selection of booksdescribing wide selection of books (having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other)
- Medium conduct a rigorous recruitment selection processto organize and carry out regarding a rigorous recruitment selection process
- Hard natural selection shaping evolutionary adaptationsdescribing natural selection shaping evolutionary adaptations (someone regarded as certain to succeed)
- Very Hard make an eclectic selection defying conventional categorizationsto create, produce, or cause regarding an eclectic selection defying conventional categorizations
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.