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Synonyms for selection
sɪˈlɛk ʃən
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Princeton's WordNet
choice, selection, option, pick(noun)
the act of choosing or selecting
"your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
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extract, cream, survival, filling, alternative, excerption, picking, choice, plectrum, option, woof, pick, plectron, excerpt, survival of the fittest, natural selection, weft, pickax, pickaxeselection(noun)
an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
"the store carried a large selection of shoes"
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pick, survival, choice, extract, excerpt, excerption, survival of the fittest, option, natural selectionchoice, pick, selection(noun)
the person or thing chosen or selected
"he was my pick for mayor"
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pickax, pick, filling, alternative, survival, excerption, picking, choice, plectrum, option, woof, plectron, excerpt, survival of the fittest, natural selection, cream, weft, extract, pickaxesurvival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection(noun)
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 selectionexcerpt, excerption, extract, selection(noun)
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
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
selection
Synonyms:
choice, option, election, excerption, gathering, preoption, segregation, adoption, preferenceAntonyms:
rejection, repudiation, refusal, exclusion, postponement
Words popularity by usage frequency
| rank | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #453 | select | |
| #892 | choose | |
| #1076 | selection | |
| #1178 | choice | |
| #1313 | option | |
| #1392 | selected | |
| #1485 | alternative | |
| #2096 | pick | |
| #2198 | election | |
| #2990 | cream | |
| #3711 | shift | |
| #3743 | choices | |
| #4001 | adoption | |
| #4736 | survival | |
| #4740 | screening | |
| #5169 | choosing | |
| #5682 | excerpt | |
| #5749 | gathering | |
| #5757 | extract | |
| #5817 | preference | |
| #5968 | selecting | |
| #6640 | filling | |
| #7390 | selections | |
| #7941 | breeding | |
| #8927 | picking | |
| #11699 | selector | |
| #14627 | endurance | |
| #16711 | infusion | |
| #19042 | segregation | |
| #21358 | sel | |
| #24545 | adjudication | |
| #28664 | selectivity | |
| #31858 | woof | |
| #72495 | weft | |
| #128043 | plectrum | |
| #141548 | pickaxe |
Translations for selection
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- seleccióCatalan, Valencian
- výběrCzech
- Wahl, Auswahl, Sichtung, Auslese, Nominierung, Markierung, Aufruf, Anwahl, AussonderungGerman
- επιλογήGreek
- selecciónSpanish
- aukera, aukeraketaBasque
- valinta, valitseminenFinnish
- sélectionFrench
- roghaIrish
- taghadhScottish Gaelic
- selezioneItalian
- 選択Japanese
- sēlēctiōLatin
- whiringaMāori
- pemilihanMalay
- utvelgelse, utvalgNorwegian
- seleção, selecçãoPortuguese
- selecție, alegere, selectare, culegereRomanian
- подборка, селекция, выбор, отбор, выборкаRussian
- избор, селекција, izbor, selekcijaSerbo-Croatian
- selekcija, izbor, izbiraSlovene
- urvalSwedish
- seçenek, seleksiyon, seçilen, ayırma, seçmeTurkish
- וואַלYiddish
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