- selection
- I(Roget's IV) n.1. [The act of selecting]Syn. choice, election, determination, choosing, preference, co-optation, appropriation, adoption, reservation, separation.2. [Anything selected]3. [An evolutionary process]Syn. survival of the fittest, natural selection, sexual selection, unconscious selection, methodical selection, modification, change by sport, adaptation, Darwinian process, biogenesis, Mendelian fitness.4. [A variety from which to choose]Syn. choice, assortment, range, variety; see choice 2 .See Synonym Study at choice .II(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.pick, choice, preference, election, favorite, choosing, culling, weeding out, vote.ANT.: rejectIII(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The act of choosing: choice, election, option, preference. See CHOICE.
English dictionary for students. 2013.