selection
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(noun) an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes" |
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Related Words: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixture, motley, potpourri, variety |
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(noun) the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" |
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Synonyms: choice, pick |
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Related Words: action, ballot, balloting, casting, conclusion, decision, determination, election, sampling, volition, vote, voting, willing |
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(noun) the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor" |
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Synonyms: choice, pick |
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Related Words: deciding, decision making, favorite, favourite, pleasure, way |
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(noun) a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented exerpts from William James' philosophical writings" |
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Synonyms: excerpt, extract |
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Related Words: analecta, analects, clipping, cutting, newspaper clipping, passage, press clipping, press cutting, quotation, quote |
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(noun) a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment |
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Synonyms: natural selection, survival, survival of the fittest |
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Related Words: action, activity, natural action, natural process |
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