selection Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of choosing or selecting
    pick; option; choice.
    • your choice of colors was unfortunate
    • you can take your pick
  2. noun an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
    • the store carried a large selection of shoes
  3. noun the person or thing chosen or selected
    pick; choice.
    • he was my pick for mayor
  4. noun a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
    survival of the fittest; survival; natural selection.
  5. noun a passage selected from a larger work
    excerption; extract; excerpt.
    • he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings

WordNet

Se*lec"tion noun
Etymology
L. selectio: cf. F. sélection.
Definitions
  1. The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.
  2. That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books.

Webster 1913