SELECTION

• (noun) the act of choosing or selecting

  "your choice of colors was unfortunate", "you can take your pick"

  synonyms : choice , option , pick

• (noun) the person or thing chosen or selected

  "he was my pick for mayor"

  synonyms : choice , pick

• (noun) a passage selected from a larger work

  "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

  synonyms : excerpt , excerption , extract

• (noun) an assortment of things from which a choice can be made

  "the store carried a large selection of shoes"

• (noun) a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

  synonyms : natural selection , survival , survival of the fittest

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