selection
/səˈlɛkʃən/ noun B1- The process or act of selecting. · The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.
- Something selected. · My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafite.
- A variety of items taken from a larger collection. · I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.
- A musical piece. · For my next selection, I'll play Happy Birthday in F-sharp minor.
- A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
- The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments.
- A list of items on which user operations will take place.
- A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
Plural selections
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brava!” cried Morcerf, parodying the banker, as the selection came to an end.
Another motive had influenced Albert’s selection of his seat,—who knew but that, thus advantageously placed, he might not in truth attract the notice of some fair Roman, and an introduction might ensue that would procure him the offer of a seat in a carriage, or a place in a princely balcony, from which he might behold the gayeties of the Carnival?
The selection of words would hardly lend itself to the sending of general messages.
When Prissy Andrews, attired in a new pink-silk waist with a string of pearls about her smooth white throat and real carnations in her hair--rumor whispered that the master had sent all the way to town for them for her--“climbed the slimy ladder, dark without one ray of light,” Anne shivered in luxurious sympathy; when the choir sang “Far Above the Gentle Daisies” Anne gazed at the ceiling as if it were frescoed with angels; when Sam Sloane proceeded to explain and illustrate “How Sockery Set a Hen” Anne laughed until people sitting near her laughed too, more out of sympathy with her than with amusement at a selection that was rather threadbare even in Avonlea; and when Mr.
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