selecting

English

Verb

selecting

  1. present participle and gerund of select

Noun

selecting (countable and uncountable, plural selectings)

  1. An act of selection.
    • 1914, The New Age, page 280:
      […] selectings and rejectings of a few founders.
    • 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
      '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.
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