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"ref": "2024 July 24, Richard Foster, “Rail reform has never been easy”, in RAIL, number 1014, page 28:",
"text": "Yes, there were hundreds of companies in existence, but a form of natural selection was taking place. Weaker companies were swallowed up by larger ones.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes."
],
"links": [
[
"evolutionary theory",
"evolutionary theory"
],
[
"phenotype",
"phenotype"
]
],
"qualifier": "evolutionary theory",
"raw_glosses": [
"(evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"wikipedia": [
"On the Origin of Species",
"natural selection"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/En-us-natural_selection.ogg"
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "survival of the fittest"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "intiqāʔun ṭabīʕiyy",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِنْتِقَاءٌ طَبِيعِيّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bnakan əntrutʻyun",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "բնական ընտրություն"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selecció natural"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zi⁶ jin⁴ syun² zaak⁶",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "自然選擇 /自然选择"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "tin¹ zaak⁶",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "天擇 /天择"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "chū-jiân soán-te̍k",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "自然選擇 /自然选择"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "thian-te̍k",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "天擇 /天择"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zìrán xuǎnzé",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "自然選擇 /自然选择"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiānzé",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "天擇 /天择"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "přírodní výběr"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "naturlig selektion"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "natuurlijke selectie"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "natura selektado"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "luonnonvalinta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sélection naturelle"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selección natural"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "bunebrivi gadarčeva",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "ბუნებრივი გადარჩევა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "natürliche Selektion"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "natürliche Auslese"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "natürliche Zuchtwahl"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fysikí epilogí",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "φυσική επιλογή"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "ברירה טבעית"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "prākŕtik varaṇ",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "प्राकृतिक वरण"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "természetes kiválasztódás"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "náttúruval"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "seleksi alami"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selezione naturale"
},
{
"alt": "しぜんせんたく shizen-sentaku",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "自然選択"
},
{
"alt": "しぜんとうた shizen-tōta",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "自然淘汰"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qozğauşy sūryptalu",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "қозғаушы сұрыпталу"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jayeonseontaek",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "자연선택"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jayeondotae",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "자연도태"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dabiskā izlase"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "pemilihan semula jadi"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "pemilihan alamiah"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "whiringa māori"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bajgaliin šalgaral",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "байгалийн шалгарал"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "naturlig seleksjon"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "naturlig utvalg"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "naturleg seleksjon"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "naturleg utval"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dobór naturalny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selekcja naturalna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "seleção natural"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selecție naturală"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jestéstvennyj otbór",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "есте́ственный отбо́р"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "природна селекција"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "prirodna selekcija"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "prirodzený výber"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selección natural"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "naturligt urval"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "piliang likas"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gaan-kát-lʉ̂ʉak-dooi-tam-má-châat",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "การคัดเลือกโดยธรรมชาติ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "doğal seçilim"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "natürel seleksiyon"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryródnyj dobír",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "приро́дний добі́р"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryródnyj vidbír",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "приро́дний відбі́р"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "tabiiy tanlanish"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "chọn lọc tự nhiên"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "natural selection",
"word": "detholiad naturiol"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "natirlekhe selektsye",
"sense": "natural selection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "נאַטירלעכע סעלעקציע"
}
],
"word": "natural selection"
}
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