1. The act of choosing or selecting
   "your selection of colours was unfortunate";
   - choice, option, pick
    
2. An assortment of things from which a choice can be made
   "the store carried a large selection of shoes"
    
3. The person or thing chosen or selected
   "he was my selection for mayor";
   - choice, pick
    
4. A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
   "Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized biology";
   - survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection
    
5. A passage selected from a larger work
   "he presented selections from William James' philosophical writings";
   - excerpt, excerption, extract
    
6. (computing) text, objects, or areas that have been highlighted or marked on a screen
   "Right-click the selection to see more options"

Derived forms: selections

Type of: action, activity, assortment, deciding, decision making, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag [informal], mixture, motley, natural action, natural process, passage, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, smörgåsbord, variety

Encyclopedia: Selection