Synonyms for selection
sɪˈlɛk ʃənse·lec·tion

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1. selection

   Synonyms:
   choice, option, election, excerption, gathering, preoption, segregation, adoption, preference

   Antonyms:
   rejection, repudiation, refusal, exclusion, postponement

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1. choice, selection, option, picknoun

   the act of choosing or selecting

   "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

   Synonyms:
   extract, cream, survival, filling, alternative, excerption, picking, choice, plectrum, option, woof, pick, plectron, excerpt, survival of the fittest, natural selection, weft, pickax, pickaxe

2. selectionnoun

   an assortment of things from which a choice can be made

   "the store carried a large selection of shoes"

   Synonyms:
   pick, survival, choice, extract, excerpt, excerption, survival of the fittest, option, natural selection

3. choice, pick, selectionnoun

   the person or thing chosen or selected

   "he was my pick for mayor"

   Synonyms:
   pickax, pick, filling, alternative, survival, excerption, picking, choice, plectrum, option, woof, plectron, excerpt, survival of the fittest, natural selection, cream, weft, extract, pickaxe

4. survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selectionnoun

   a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

   Synonyms:
   survival, pick, endurance, choice, extract, excerpt, excerption, survival of the fittest, option, natural selection

5. excerpt, excerption, extract, selectionnoun

   a passage selected from a larger work

   "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

   Synonyms:
   survival, pick, excerpt, choice, extract, excerption, survival of the fittest, option, natural selection, infusion

Matched Categories

1. • Assortment
   • Decision Making
   • Natural Process
   • Passage

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1. selectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   choice, pick

2. selectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   democracy

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1. selectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   choice, election, preference, pick, collection, assortment

   Antonyms:
   promiscuity, indiscrimination

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1. List of paraphrases for "selection":

   selecting, shift, choice, select, screening, sélection, selected, choices, adjudication, choosing, breeding, selector, choose, selections, election, sel, selectivity, option, pick

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1. Luis Miranda:

   We're going to continue to cast a spotlight on the Republican obstructionism on the Supreme Court and highlight how the issues before Supreme Court or potentially before Supreme Court have a major impact on the lives of the American people, too many issues at the heart of our democracy head before the court every year and deserve a full bench's consideration, so to extend the dysfunction that plagues congress to Supreme Court is unacceptable. The DNC said Thursday's call would center on voting rights, an issue that's also become a major topic for Democratic presidential candidates ahead of the South Carolina primary Saturday. The leak Wednesday that White House vetters were probing the Republican governor of Nevada, Brian Sandoval, also seemed designed to signal that President Barack Obama was considering moderate nominees in President Barack Obama selection process. Aides say President Barack Obama has not yet formed a.

2. Saul Alinsky:

   Obama said. Obama even joked at one point that his administration may have been able to achieve more if it were legal to offer patronage, noting a this-for-that strategy was essential in passing some of America’s most historic legislation. See the Fox News 2016 battleground prediction map and make your own election projections. See Predictions Map Yeah, because then it was transactional, then it was ‘I’d like this, I need that,’ and one of the things that’s changed from the [Lyndon] Johnson era obviously is I don’t have a postmaster job. Shoot, not just Johnson’s age — [Abraham] Lincoln’s age. Good-government reforms have hamstrung an administration, which I think is for the most part for the best. Obama did not spend much time speaking about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign. But he traced the billionaire's political rise back to Sarah Palin’s selection as Sen. John McCain’s presidential running mate in 2008.

3. De Beers:

   An immutable and secure digital trail was created for a selection of rough diamonds mined by De Beers as they moved from the mine to cutter and polisher, then through to a jeweler.

4. The Air Force:

   Depending on the responses, the additional discussions may result in a new source selection decision.

5. Lawrence Restieri Jr.:

   Manager selection is always important and especially important in alternatives, you just end up with a wider range of outcomes.