selection

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]
Syn. pick, collection, excerpt; see choice 3 , reading 3 .
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.: reject
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The act of choosing: choice, election, option, preference. See CHOICE.

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