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| 1. | [ noun ] the act of choosing or selecting | |
| Synonyms: | choice option pick | |
| Examples: | "your choice of colors was unfortunate" "you can take your pick" |
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| Related terms: | action decision vote sampling volition election colouration casting pick | |
| 2. | [ noun ] an assortment of things from which a choice can be made | |
| Examples: | "the store carried a large selection of shoes" |
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| Related terms: | assortment | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (psychology) the person or thing chosen or selected | |
| Synonyms: | choice pick | |
| Examples: | "he was my pick for mayor" |
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| Related terms: | decision_making way favorite pleasure pick | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment | |
| Synonyms: | survival_of_the_fittest natural_selection survival | |
| Related terms: | natural_process | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (fine art,writing) a passage selected from a larger work | |
| Synonyms: | extract excerpt | |
| Examples: | "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" |
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| Related terms: | passage cut quotation clipping analects haftarah excerpt | |
| Similar spelling: |
select selectman selective selectwoman selectivity selectively selector selected |
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