1. selection - noun
· the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
Synonym(s): choice, option, pick
Hypernym(s): action
2. selection - noun
· an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes"
Hypernym(s): assortment, mixture, mixed_bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
3. selection - noun
· the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"
Hypernym(s): decision_making, deciding
4. selection - noun
· a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Synonym(s): survival, survival_of_the_fittest, natural_selection
Hypernym(s): natural_process, natural_action, action, activity
5. selection - noun
· a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
Synonym(s): excerpt, excerption, extract
Hypernym(s): passage
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