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‘participants were asked to self-select their titles, which were divided into executive and non-executive’
‘Compose course descriptions as benefit statements, allowing learners to accurately self-select courses.’
‘On joint returns, each spouse must have a self-selected PIN.’
‘A main goal of our work was to study social learning and development in a group setting that provided the animals opportunities to self-select information to be learned.’
‘These may be self-selected roles or ones that are thrust upon us by outside relationships or circumstances.’
‘Depending on the dynamics of the class, the teacher has either assigned partners or let the students self-select.’
‘The money is being put into the internet where consumers effectively self-select their adverts because adverts are placed so they can find them.’
2no objectDetermine one's own status with regard to membership in a group.
‘the crowd self-selects because this isn't a club for the passing trade’
‘This might not matter if high-risk couples self-select to attend relationship education.’
‘Patients who are educated about risk factors for skin cancer are more likely to self-select for clinical screening and to bring malignant lesions to the attention of a health care provider.’
‘After a few years of seeing high barriers to entry, many students come to their university and self-select into other, less competitive majors.’
‘Maybe group members self-selected into these different groups because they differed initially in some important way.’
‘It's imperative for a good experiment that people not be allowed to self-select here.’
‘On the other hand, evidence has also been advanced that those most in need of such interventions self-select to take part and that the intervention may work best for those at highest risk.’
‘From the various ways that we self-select without adequately examining our assumptions, I think we do the profession a great disservice.’
‘The job self-selects for sociopaths who like the idea that day-in, day-out, they can take out their aggression on anyone who isn't wearing a uniform or a badge.’
‘The authors argue that the South is disproportionately conservative, and as a result, conservatives might self-select for southern schools.’
‘My own view is that the enhanced ability to self-select into news audiences facilitates the democratic process by empowering individuals.’
‘It is important to recognize that those who self-select to participate may be more capable of succeeding or may identify more easily with the scope of this program.’
‘Further examination, however, revealed that the class was composed of mature, intelligent students who had self-selected into a rigorous course in international agricultural trade and the global economy.’
adjective
Allowing users to select.
‘the chain decided to move condoms from the pharmacy counter to self-select stands’
‘Presented either in a self-select list or a slide show style presentation, each CD shown has a list of its enclosed contents while selected moments play on the soundtrack.’
‘When it comes to investing on the stock market, you can buy shares directly, through a self-select ISA via a stock broker or financial adviser.’
‘However, he will probably go to the other extreme and opt for a self-select Isa.’
‘Using a self-select ISA you can put the cash in and delay choosing which shares or unit trusts to buy until you are more confident.’
‘If you want to put them in an ISA, you may have to get a self-select ISA separately.’
‘Unfortunately, I couldn't use the lump of money in my self-select ISA to buy these shares.’