selection

nouns

the act of choosing or selecting
"your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
choice, option, pick, selection
is derived from
select
an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
"the store carried a large selection of shoes"
selection
is a type of (narrower)
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
"a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety
the person or thing chosen or selected
"he was my pick for mayor"
choice, pick, selection
a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
natural selection, selection, survival, survival of the fittest
a passage selected from a larger work
"he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
excerpt, excerption, extract, selection