selection

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: se=lec=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

selection, n. [L. selectio: cf. F. sélection.].

•  The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books.  [1913 Webster]

Natural selection. (Biol.) See under Natural.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

selection, n.
1 the act or an instance of selecting; the state of being selected.
2 a selected person or thing.
3 things from which a choice may be made.
4 Biol. the process in which environmental and genetic influences determine which types of organism thrive better than others, regarded as a factor in evolution.

Derivative

selectional adj. selectionally adv.

Etymology

L selectio (as SELECT)

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

ROGET THESAURUS

selection

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.