selection

1. The act of choosing or selecting (synset 100162063)
   "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
   is a type of: action - something done (usually as opposed to something said)
   subtypes:

   • casting - the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie
   • coloration, colouration - choice and use of colors (as by an artist)
   • sampling - (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study
   • conclusion, decision, determination - the act of making up your mind about something
   • volition, willing - the act of making a choice
   • election - the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice
   • ballot, balloting, vote, voting - a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
   same as: choice, option, pick
2. An assortment of things from which a choice can be made (synset 108416775)
   "the store carried a large selection of shoes"
   is a type of: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety - a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
3. The person or thing chosen or selected (synset 105798247)
   "he was my pick for mayor"
   is a type of: deciding, decision making - the cognitive process of reaching a decision
   subtypes:

   • pleasure - a formal expression
   • favorite, favourite - something regarded with special favor or liking
   • way - doing as one pleases or chooses
   same as: choice, pick
4. A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment (synset 113584949)
   is a type of: action, activity, natural action, natural process - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
   same as: natural selection, survival, survival of the fittest
5. A passage selected from a larger work (synset 106412153)
   "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
   is a type of: passage - a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
   subtypes:

   • chrestomathy - a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language
   • analecta, analects - a collection of excerpts from a literary work
   • clipping, cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting - an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
   • cut, track - a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
   • citation, quotation, quote - a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
   specific instances: haftarah, haftorah, haphtarah, haphtorah - a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah
   same as: excerpt, excerption, extract

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