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selecting

selecting is the present participle and gerund of select.

Meaning of select

Verb

select (third-person singular simple present selects, present participle selecting, simple past and past participle selected)

  1. To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
    • He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.
    Synonyms:
    choose, opt
  2. To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.

See all 5 meanings of select

Noun

selecting (countable and uncountable, plural selectings)

  1. An act of selection.
    • […] selectings and rejectings of a few founders.1914, The New Age, page 280
    • 'He had gained the most privileged access to Stratford-on-Avon church under unique conditions. […] The portions under repair may be screened off if he requires it, and there is no reason to suppose that he cannot introduce workmen of his own selecting.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Forms of selecting

pluralselectings

Phrases with selecting

Questions about selecting

What does selecting mean?
Selecting means an act of selection.
What is selecting the present participle and gerund of?
Selecting is the present participle and gerund of select.
What part of speech is selecting?
Selecting is a noun.
What is the plural of selecting?
The plural of selecting is selectings.

Words near selecting in the dictionary

  1. selectee
  2. selectees
  3. selectest
  4. selecteth
  5. selectin
  6. selecting
  7. selecting out
  8. selectings
  9. selectins
  10. selection
  11. selection bias

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