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Selection (Noun)

Meaning 1

The act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

  • Choice
  • Option
  • Pick

Hypernyms

  • Action

Hyponyms

  • Conclusion
  • Balloting
  • Sampling
  • Vote
  • Election
  • Coloration
  • Decision
  • Volition
  • Voting
  • Casting

Related Words

  • Select (verb)

Meaning 2

An assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes".

Classification

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.

Hypernyms

  • Mixture
  • Variety
  • Miscellany
  • Potpourri
  • Miscellanea
  • Salmagundi
  • Smorgasbord
  • Mixed Bag
  • Motley

Meaning 3

A passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings".

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Synonyms

  • Excerpt
  • Extract
  • Excerption

Hypernyms

  • Passage

Hyponyms

  • Analects
  • Press Clipping
  • Chrestomathy
  • Quote
  • Citation
  • Track
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Press Cutting
  • Quotation
  • Cut
  • Clipping
  • Analecta

Meaning 4

The person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor".

Classification

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Synonyms

  • Choice
  • Pick

Hypernyms

  • Decision Making
  • Deciding

Hyponyms

  • Way
  • Pleasure
  • Favourite
  • Favorite

Meaning 5

A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Synonyms

  • Survival
  • Natural Selection
  • Survival Of The Fittest

Hypernyms

  • Natural Process
  • Natural Action
  • Action
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