selection

Noun
Synonyms: choiceoptionpicksurvivalsurvival of the fittestnatural selectionexcerptexcerptionextract

WordNet 3.0

Noun (5)

  1. the act of choosing or selecting“your choice of colors was unfortunate”“you can take your pick”Synonyms: choiceoptionpick
  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”Synonyms: choicepick
  4. a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environmentSynonyms: survivalsurvival of the fittestnatural selection
  5. a passage selected from a larger work“he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings”Synonyms: excerptexcerptionextract
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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