Selection

Noun

 * 1) The process or act of selecting.
 * The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.
 * 1) Something selected.
 * My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafitte.
 * 1) A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
 * I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.
 * 1) A musical piece.
 * For my next selection, I'll play Happy Birthday in F-sharp minor.

Derived terms

 * ambidirectional selection
 * apostatic selection
 * artificial selection
 * asexual selection
 * background selection
 * balancing selection
 * compatibility selection
 * counterselection
 * deme selection
 * demic selection
 * directional selection
 * disruptive selection
 * diversifying selection
 * ecological selection
 * environmental selection
 * eugenic selection
 * fecundity selection
 * frequency-dependent selection
 * gametic selection
 * gene selection
 * genetic selection
 * genic selection
 * group selection
 * hierarchical selection
 * higher-level selection
 * individual selection
 * inevitable selection
 * interdeme selection
 * interdemic selection
 * intersexual selection
 * interspecies selection
 * intrademe selection
 * intrademic selection
 * intrasexual selection
 * intraspecies selection
 * kin selection
 * lower-level selection
 * multilevel selection (MLS)
 * natural selection
 * natural selectional
 * natural selectionary
 * negative selection
 * organismal selection
 * organismic selection
 * panselection
 * panselectionism
 * panselectionist
 * positive selection
 * purified selection
 * purifying selection
 * selectional
 * selectionary
 * selectionism
 * selectionist
 * selection rule
 * sexual selection
 * simultaneous selection
 * species selection
 * stabilising selection, stabilizing selection
 * strong selection
 * supraorgamismal selection
 * survival selection
 * theory of natural selection
 * unit of selection
 * viability selection
 * weak selection

Related terms

 * elect
 * election
 * elective
 * elite, élite
 * elitism, élitism
 * elitist, élitist
 * panselective
 * panselectivist
 * select
 * selectable
 * selectability
 * selectance
 * selectee
 * selective
 * selectively
 * selectiveness
 * selectivity
 * selectly
 * selectman
 * selectness
 * selector

Adjectives for Selection
marvelous; smartest; extensive; huge; enormous; perverse; customary; dazzling; unusual; noteworthy; careful; judicious; vocational; grand; current; natural; exquisite; unlimited; intelligent; methodical; representative; widest; infallible; artificial; dire; euphuistic; copious; fine; vast; occasional; rapid; conscious; singular; eager; immediate; legitimate; confident; complete; varied.

Thesaurus
abstract, acumen, allocation, alternative, alternativity, appointment, assignment, assortment, attribution, batch, categorization, characterization, choice, choosing, co-optation, co-option, collection, culling, decision, denomination, denotation, designation, determination, differentiation, discernment, disclosure, discrimination, draft, drafting, druthers, electing, election, excerpt, excerption, expression, extract, extraction, fingering, first choice, fixing, free choice, free will, gradation, group, grouping, hint, identification, indication, indicativeness, insight, manifestation, meaning, naming, nomination, number, option, ordainment, ordination, passage, pick, picking, picking out, piece, pinning down, placement, pointing, pointing out, pointing to, posting, precision, preference, preoption, quotation, quote, range, ranking, screening, selected passage, selecting, series, set, show, showing, sifting, signification, sorting, sorting out, specification, stipulation, subordination, suggestion, symptomaticness, tabbing, taxonomy, the pick, transferral, triage, variety, volition, will

Etymology
From selectio:, from selectus:, perfect passive participle of seligo:, from se-: + lego:.

Translations

 * Basque: aukeraketa
 * Catalan: selecció
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, valitseminen
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Portuguese: seleção, selecção
 * Romanian: selectare, selecție
 * Russian: выбор, отбор
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene: selekcija, izbira
 * Spanish: selección


 * Basque: aukera
 * Russian: выбор


 * Slovene: izbor


 * Basque: aukera
 * Russian: выборка, подборка


 * Slovene: izbor


 * German : Auswahl (1,2,3), Selektion (1)
 * French : sélection
 * Swedish : urval (1,3), val  (2)
 * Telugu: ఎంపిక (eMpika)

Anagrams

 * elections