Preselection

Quick meaning: Preselection is a noun meaning (politics) The process by which a candidate for public office is selected, usually by a political party.

Meaning

(politics) The process by which a candidate for public office is selected, usually by a political party.

More Meanings

1. (evolutionary theory) The preference for a mate found attractive by other members of one's sex.
2. (demoscene) The process of a jury selecting entries to be shown in a competition when there are too many entries for the audience or schedule. The term preselection is often used with the opposite meaning in demoscene context, i.e. selecting entries not to be shown.
3. (chiefly sciences) Selection in advance

Example Sentences

Every entry will be released [...], unless it was preselected/disqualified, or the competition was canceled.

The preselection in Mr Costello's Victorian seat of Higgins will start in April, when he will have to reveal whether he will stand for another term.

In compos which are potentially crammed like the music compos, preselection is a necessary evil. [...] 15-16 songs [...] are thus chosen to be played to the audience.

Suddenly, the doctor and the geneticist have have become active partners in the creation of human life through artificial insemination, sex preselection, test-tube babies, host mothers, recombinant DNA technology, […]

Word Forms

• preselections
• pre-selection

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lineup, qualification, selection, prequalify, prequalification, shortlist.

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