selection

Nouns

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

Synonyms

choice option pick natural selection survival of the fittest survival excerpt excerption extract

Words of close approximity

selective