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Selection \Se*lec"tion\, n. [L. selectio: cf. F. s['e]lection.]
The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice,
by preference.
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2. That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as,
a choice selection of books.
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Natural selection. (Biol.) See under Natural.
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selection
n 1: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors
was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: choice,
selection, option, 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" [syn: choice, pick, selection]

4: a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms
best adapted to the environment [syn: survival, {survival
of the fittest}, natural selection, selection]

5: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts
from William James' philosophical writings" [syn: excerpt,
excerption, extract, selection]
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selection [silekʃən]
Auslese; Auswahl

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selection

kiválasztás
választék


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selection

Anwahl f
selection

Auslese f; Auswahl f; Selektion f
selection

Auswahl f
selection

aussondern; ausrangieren
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100 Moby Thesaurus words for "selection":
abstract, acumen, allocation, alternative, alternativity,
appointment, assignment, assortment, attribution, batch,
categorization, characterization, choice, choosing, co-optation,
co-option, collection, culling, decision, denomination, denotation,
designation, determination, differentiation, discernment,
disclosure, discrimination, draft, drafting, druthers, electing,
election, excerpt, excerption, expression, extract, extraction,
fingering, first choice, fixing, free choice, free will, gradation,
group, grouping, hint, identification, indication, indicativeness,
insight, manifestation, meaning, naming, nomination, number,
option, ordainment, ordination, passage, pick, picking,
picking out, piece, pinning down, placement, pointing,
pointing out, pointing to, posting, precision, preference,
preoption, quotation, quote, range, ranking, screening,
selected passage, selecting, series, set, show, showing, sifting,
signification, sorting, sorting out, specification, stipulation,
subordination, suggestion, symptomaticness, tabbing, taxonomy,
the pick, transferral, triage, variety, volition, will



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