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Noun selection has 5 senses

• selection(n = noun.act) choice, option, pick - the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
is a kind of action
has particulars: casting, coloration, colouration, sampling, conclusion, decision, determination, volition, willing, election, ballot, balloting, vote, voting
Derived form verb select₁

• selection(n = noun.group) Array - an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes"
is a kind of assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety

• selection(n = noun.cognition) choice, pick - the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"
is a kind of deciding, decision making
has particulars: pleasure, favorite, favourite, way

• selection(n = noun.process) natural selection, survival, survival of the fittest - a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment; Array
is a kind of action, activity, natural action, natural process

• selection(n = noun.communication) excerpt, excerption, extract - a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
is a kind of passage
has particulars: chrestomathy, analecta, analects, clipping, cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting, cut, track, citation, quotation, quote, haftarah, haftorah, haphtarah, haphtorah

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THESAURUS

selection

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

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Choice

N choice, option, discretion, preoption, alternative, dilemma, embarras de choix, adoption, cooptation, novation, decision, election, political election (politics), selection, excerption, gleaning, eclecticism, excerpta, gleanings, cuttings, scissors and paste, pick, preference, prelation, opinion poll, survey, predilection, optional, discretional, eclectic, choosing, preferential, chosen, choice, optionally, at pleasure, either the one or the other, or at the option of, whether or not, once and for all, for one's money, by choice, by preference, in preference, rather, before.

Class

N class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section, department, subdepartment, province, domain, kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset, assortment, feather, kidney, suit, range, gender, sex, kin, manner, description, denomination, designation, rubric, character, stamp predicament, indication, particularization, selection, specification, similarity.

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