selection

selection

noun

Definition of SELECTION

1

the act or process of selecting <his selection of a running mate was a long, tedious affair>

Synonyms choice, choosing, election, picking, selecting

Related Words option; appointment, assignment, designation, naming, nomination; decision

2

a person or thing that is chosen <our selection was the third entrant in the dog show>

Synonyms bet, chosen, pick, selection

Related Words favorite, like, liking, preference; elective, option; appointment, designation, nomination; appointee, candidate, nominee, selectee; preselection

Antonyms rejectee

3

the power, right, or opportunity to choose <the inn's table d'hôte is excellent, but there's very limited selection>

Synonyms alternative, discretion, druthers [dialect], election, liberty, option, pick, preference, selection, volition, way

Related Words determination, free will, will; say, voice, vote; inclination, liking, partiality, penchant, predilection, proclivity, propensity, tendency; discernment, judgment (or judgement), perspicacity

Near Antonyms coercion, duress, force; duty, obligation; Hobson's choice

4

a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole <a selection of the company's latest line of products for display at the trade show>

Synonyms cross section, sampler, sampling, selection, slice

Related Words case, example, exemplar, exemplification, illustration, instance, representative, specimen; archetype, classic, locus classicus, paradigm, prototype; microcosm