selection

Meanings

• the act of choosing or selecting
• an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
  • "the store carried a large selection of shoes"
• the person or thing chosen or selected
• a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
• a passage selected from a larger work

Synonyms

choice, excerpt, excerption, extract, natural selection, option, pick, survival, survival of the fittest