Word: downselection
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: down
se
lec
tion
Definition: The process of downselecting.
Morphemes:
Affix: down
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To go or come down; to descend.
Affix: select
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: sē-
Language: la
Decoded: se-
Meaning: without; apart
Affix: legō
Language: la
Decoded: lego
Meaning: gather, select
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.