selection meaning and definition

SELECTION noun

Definition of selection (noun)

1. the act of choosing or selecting
   • "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
   • synonyms: choice, 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"
   • synonyms: choice, pick
4. a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
   • synonyms: natural selection, survival, survival of the fittest
5. a passage selected from a larger work
   • "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
   • synonyms: excerpt, excerption, extract