Synonyms: selection, option, pick, choice
Definition: the act of choosing or selecting
Usage: your choice of colors was unfortunate; you can take your pick
Similar words: action
Definition: something done (usually as opposed to something said)
Usage: there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions
Synonyms: selection, choice, pick
Definition: the person or thing chosen or selected
Usage: he was my pick for mayor
Similar words: deciding, decision making
Definition: the cognitive process of reaching a decision
Usage: a good executive must be good at decision making
Synonyms: excerpt, excerption, extract, selection
Definition: a passage selected from a larger work
Usage: he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
Similar words: passage
Definition: a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
Synonyms: selection
Definition: an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
Usage: the store carried a large selection of shoes
Similar words: smorgasbord, salmagundi, assortment, potpourri, variety, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley
Definition: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
Usage: a great assortment of cars was on display; he had a variety of disorders; a veritable smorgasbord of religions
Synonyms: survival, survival of the fittest, selection, natural selection
Definition: a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Similar words: natural action, natural process, action, activity
Definition: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
Usage: the action of natural forces; volcanic activity