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