About The Word Selection
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Selection
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What's The Definition Of Selection?
[n] the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
[n] the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor" [n] a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" [n] an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes" [n] a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment Synonyms | Synonyms for Selection: choice | choice | excerpt | extract | natural selection | option | pick | pick | survival | survival of the fittest Related Terms | Find terms related to Selection: See Also | action | action | activity | analecta | analects | assortment | ballot | balloting | casting | citation | clipping | coloration | colouration | conclusion | cut | cutting | deciding | decision | decision making | determination | election | favorite | favourite | miscellanea | miscellany | mixed bag | mixture | motley | natural action | natural process | newspaper clipping | passage | pleasure | potpourri | press clipping | press cutting | quotation | quote | salmagundi | sampling | track | variety | volition | vote | voting | way | willing Selection In Webster's Dictionary \Se*lec"tion\, n. [L. selectio: cf. F. s['e]lection.]
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The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice,
by preference.
2. That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as,
a choice selection of books.
{Natural selection}. (Biol.) See under {Natural}.
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