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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. the act of choosing or selecting;
- Example: "your choice of colors was unfortunate"
- Example: "you can take your pick"
[syn: choice, selection, option, pick]

2. an assortment of things from which a choice can be made;
- Example: "the store carried a large selection of shoes"

3. the person or thing chosen or selected;
- Example: "he was my pick for mayor"
[syn: choice, pick, selection]

4. a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment;
[syn: survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection]

5. a passage selected from a larger work;
- Example: "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings";
[syn: excerpt, excerption, extract, selection]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Selection \Se*lec"tion\, n. [L. selectio: cf. F. s['e]lection.]
   .
   The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice,
   by preference.
   [1913 Webster]

   2. That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as,
      a choice selection of books.
      [1913 Webster]

   Natural selection. (Biol.) See under Natural.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

selection
    n 1: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors
         was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: choice,
         selection, option, pick]
    2: an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the
       store carried a large selection of shoes"
    3: the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for
       mayor" [syn: choice, pick, selection]
    4: a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms
       best adapted to the environment [syn: survival, survival
       of the fittest, natural selection, selection]
    5: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts
       from William James' philosophical writings" [syn: excerpt,
       excerption, extract, selection]