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