Selection meaning

What does “selection” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“selection” is a noun with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the act of choosing or selecting.

selection

noun

  1. the act of choosing or selecting

    “your choice of colors was unfortunate”

    “you can take your pick”

  2. an assortment of things from which a choice can be made

    “the store carried a large selection of shoes”

  3. the person or thing chosen or selected

    “he was my pick for mayor”

    Synonymschoicepick
  4. a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

  5. a passage selected from a larger work

    “he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University