Dictionary entry details
• SELECTION (noun)
Meaning:
The act of choosing or selecting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
selection; choice; option; pick
Context examples:
your choice of colors was unfortunate / you can take your pick
Hypernyms ("selection" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "selection"):
casting (the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie)
coloration; colouration (choice and use of colors (as by an artist))
sampling ((statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study)
conclusion; decision; determination (the act of making up your mind about something)
volition; willing (the act of making a choice)
election (the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice)
ballot; balloting; vote; voting (a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative)
Meaning:
An assortment of things from which a choice can be made
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
the store carried a large selection of shoes
Hypernyms ("selection" is a kind of...):
assortment; miscellanea; miscellany; mixed bag; mixture; motley; potpourri; salmagundi; smorgasbord; variety (a collection containing a variety of sorts of things)
Meaning:
The person or thing chosen or selected
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
choice; pick; selection
Context example:
he was my pick for mayor
Hypernyms ("selection" is a kind of...):
deciding; decision making (the cognitive process of reaching a decision)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "selection"):
way (doing as one pleases or chooses)
favorite; favourite (something regarded with special favor or liking)
pleasure (a formal expression)
Meaning:
A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
natural selection; survival of the fittest; survival; selection
Hypernyms ("selection" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
Meaning:
A passage selected from a larger work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
excerption; excerpt; extract; selection
Context example:
he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
Hypernyms ("selection" is a kind of...):
passage (a section of text; particularly a section of medium length)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "selection"):
chrestomathy (a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language)
analecta; analects (a collection of excerpts from a literary work)
clipping; cutting; newspaper clipping; press clipping; press cutting (an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine)
cut; track (a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc)
citation; quotation; quote (a passage or expression that is quoted or cited)
Instance hyponyms:
Haftarah; Haftorah; Haphtarah; Haphtorah (a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah)
