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# selector

noun (a selector, selectors)

«selector» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who chooses players for a team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selector/#m1)
2. A device, knob or switch for choosing a setting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selector/#m2)
3. (computing) A tool or rule that picks out items. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selector/#m3)

### In the lessons

In sport, selectors choose the national cricket or rugby team. In everyday life, a «gear selector» or «channel selector». In coding at school, a selector picks out parts of a web page. Phrases: «team selectors», «gear selector».

### Examples

- The selectors picked her for the county team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selector/#x1)
- Turn the selector to «wash». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selector/#x2)
- The cricket selectors announced the squad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selector/#x3)
- Dad moved the gear selector to reverse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selector/#x4)
- The selector chose the fastest runners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selector/#x5)
- Use the colour selector to pick blue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selector/#x6)

### Note

Countable. From «select». Spelling ends «-or», not «-er».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «selector» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selector/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«selector» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/selector.html) on Mova free.