Synonyms for selection
sɪˈlɛk ʃən

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1. choice, selection, option, pick(noun)

   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. selection(noun)

   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, selection(noun)

   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, 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 selection

5. excerpt, 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

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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. selection(n.)

   Synonyms:
   choice, pick

2. selection(n.)

   Synonyms:
   democracy

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1. selection(n)

   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. Antonia Kirkland:

   The selection process for the next UN Secretary-General is a great opportunity to bring us a step closer to gender equality globally, we are hopeful that there is more momentum now to make this a realistic possibility.

2. Philip Barach:

   First, the ETF's asset mix differs from the Barclays U.S. Aggregate benchmark, second, management seeks to add value through security selection and portfolio construction. In particular, we try to create a portfolio which yields more and has less interest-rate sensitivity than the Barclays Aggregrate.

3. Khris Middleton:

   I’ve just got to find a better rhythm, a better shot selection I think.

4. Anuj Somany:

   There are many private companies which conduct an interview not for the selection of any candidates in own organization but to merely collect market and competitors' information and such positions are often shown frequently through placement consultants or ads of job vacancy.

5. Chuck Blazer:

   Among other things, I agreed with other persons in or around 1992 to facilitate the acceptance of a bribe in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup.

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