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Synonyms for selection
sɪˈlɛk ʃənse·lec·tion

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. selection

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

    Antonyms:
    rejection, repudiation, refusal, exclusion, postponement

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  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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How to use selection in a sentence?

  1. Pedro Pablo Chevalier:

    We are trying to make an assisted selection, an assisted evolution of these corals towards corals that are more resistant to high temperatures, ocean acidification and contamination of Caribbean sea waters.

  2. Joseph Roche:

    I think that the shortcomings of the selection process, coupled with (Mars One's) unwillingness to engage and collaborate with the scientific community, means that the time might have come for Mars One to acknowledge the implausibility of this particular venture.

  3. Steve Greenberg:

    I've done cases with anonymous juries, but we, as his lawyers, should certainly know where the jurors are from, what they do for a living. The idea of jury selection is that you have some idea of whom you're selecting.

  4. Andrew Bates:

    Since June, we have consistently said we would participate in all three debates, under rules that The CPD established. Only the President Donald Trump campaign has been erratic and chaotic in their approach to this, demanding control over the selection of moderators, changes in the dates of the debates, an ear canal inspection rule, and all sorts of other insanity.

  5. Olivia Krauth:

    As the president of a university, I would expect more. As the president of a university currently in the middle of a scandal in the national news, I would expect even more than that. I would expect discretion. I would expect thought and research into whether or not this is considered offensive. Frankly, I would expect more creativity in costume selection. But I guess my expectations are too high for Ramsey, don't dress like a culture. They aren't costumes, they're people.


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