'Selection' definitions:
Definition of 'selection'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: choice, selection, option, pick]
noun
An assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes"
noun
noun
A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment [syn: survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection]
noun
A passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" [syn: excerpt, excerption, extract, selection]
Definition of 'Selection'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'selection'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- acumen,
- allocation,
- alternative,
- alternativity,
- appointment,
- assignment,
- assortment,
- attribution,
- batch,
- categorization,
- characterization,
- choice,
- choosing,
- co-optation,
- co-option,
- collection,
- culling,
- decision,
- denomination,
- denotation,
- designation,
- determination,
- differentiation,
- discernment,
- disclosure,
- discrimination,
- draft,
- drafting,
- druthers,
- electing,
- election,
- excerpt,
- excerption,
- expression,
- extract,
- extraction,
- fingering,
- first choice,
- fixing,
- free choice,
- free will,
- gradation,
- group,
- grouping,
- hint,
- identification,
- indication,
- indicativeness,
- insight,
- manifestation,
- meaning,
- naming,
- nomination,
- number,
- option,
- ordainment,
- ordination,
- passage,
- pick,
- picking,
- picking out,
- piece,
- pinning down,
- placement,
- pointing,
- pointing out,
- pointing to,
- posting,
- precision,
- preference,
- preoption,
- quotation,
- quote,
- range,
- ranking,
- screening,
- selected passage,
- selecting,
- series,
- set,
- show,
- showing,
- sifting,
- signification,
- sorting,
- sorting out,
- specification,
- stipulation,
- subordination,
- suggestion,
- symptomaticness,
- tabbing,
- taxonomy,
- the pick,
- transferral,
- triage,
- variety,
- volition,
- will
Words containing 'Selection'
- Select,
- Selected,
- Selectedly,
- Selecting,
- Selective,
- Selectness,
- selectively,
- selectivity,
- Natural selection,
- Select vestry,
- Sexual selection,
- select committee,
- selective amnesia,
- selective information,
- selective jamming,
- selective lipectomy,
- selective service,
- selective service system,
- selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor