Main entry: selection, option, pick, choice
Definition: the act of choosing or selecting
Usage: your choice of colors was unfortunate; you can take your pick
Main entry: selection, choice, pick
Definition: the person or thing chosen or selected
Usage: he was my pick for mayor
Main entry: excerpt, excerption, extract, selection
Definition: a passage selected from a larger work
Usage: he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
Main entry: selection
Definition: an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
Usage: the store carried a large selection of shoes
Main entry: survival, survival of the fittest, selection, natural selection
Definition: a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment