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English noun: selection | |||
| 1. | selection (act) the act of choosing or selecting | ||
| Samples | Your choice of colors was unfortunate. You can take your pick. | ||
| Synonyms | choice, option, pick | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | action | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ballot, balloting, casting, coloration, colouration, conclusion, decision, determination, election, sampling, volition, vote, voting, willing | ||
| 2. | selection (group) an assortment of things from which a choice can be made | ||
| Samples | The store carried a large selection of shoes. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety | ||
| 3. | selection (cognition) the person or thing chosen or selected | ||
| Samples | He was my pick for mayor. | ||
| Synonyms | choice, pick | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deciding, decision making | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | favorite, favourite, pleasure, way | ||
| 4. | selection (process) a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment | ||
| Synonyms | natural selection, survival, survival of the fittest | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | action, activity, natural action, natural process | ||
| 5. | selection (communication) a passage selected from a larger work | ||
| Samples | He presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings. | ||
| Synonyms | excerpt, excerption, extract | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | passage | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | analecta, analects, chrestomathy, citation, clipping, cut, cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting, quotation, quote, track | ||
| Instance hyponym | Haftarah, Haftorah, Haphtarah, Haphtorah | ||
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