| NOUN | act | selection, choice, option, pick | the act of choosing or selecting |
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| group | selection | an assortment of things from which a choice can be made | |
| cognition | selection, choice, pick | the person or thing chosen or selected | |
| process | selection, survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection | a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment | |
| communication | selection, excerpt, excerption, extract | a passage selected from a larger / larger work |
| Sounds | sahleh'kshahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The act of choosing or selecting. | |
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| Synonyms | choice, option, pick | |
| Narrower | casting | The choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie |
| coloration, colouration | choice and use of colors / colors (as by an artist) | |
| decision, determination, conclusion | The act of making up your mind about something | |
| election | The act of selecting someone or something | |
| sampling | (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study / study | |
| volition, willing | The act of making a choice | |
| vote, ballot, voting, balloting | A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative | |
| Broader | action | Something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
| Spanish | elección, selección | |
| Catalan | elecció, selecció | |
| Verbs | select | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
| Meaning | An assortment of things from which a choice can be made. | |
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| Example | "the store carried a large selection of shoes" | |
| Broader | assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley | A collection containing a variety of sorts of things |
| Spanish | selección | |
| Meaning | The person or thing chosen or selected. | |
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| Synonyms | choice, pick | |
| Narrower | favorite, favourite | Something regarded with special favor / favor or liking |
| pleasure | A formal expression | |
| way | Doing as one pleases or chooses | |
| Broader | decision making, deciding | The cognitive process of reaching a decision |
| Spanish | elección, selección | |
| Catalan | elecció, selecció | |
| Meaning | A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment. | |
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| Synonyms | survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection | |
| Broader | natural process, natural action, action, activity | A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
| Spanish | selección natural | |
| Catalan | selecció natural | |
| Meaning | A passage selected from a larger / larger work. | |
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| Synonyms | excerpt, excerption, extract | |
| Instances | Haftorah, Haftarah, Haphtorah, Haphtarah | A short / short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah |
| Narrower | analects, analecta | A collection of excerpts from a literary work |
| chrestomathy | A selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language | |
| clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting | An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine | |
| cut, track | A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc | |
| quotation, quote, citation | A passage or expression that is quoted or cited / cited | |
| Broader | passage | A section of text |
| Spanish | extracto, fragmento, pasaje | |
| Catalan | fragment, passatge | |
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