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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. Robert Ouko:

    His saving grace could be the selection criterion set by Athletics Kenya (AK), where a third athlete is selected on merit.

  2. Noel Le Graet:

    Today, Benzema is no longer eligible for selection, i know you'll say, 'But it's Christmas so it's easy, there are no matches.' There are no matches, but there will be in March.

  3. Chris Christie:

    But in the end, the American people are going to decide : Has the President of the United States stood up to this crisis and done right by them and protected their lives and their property, or hasn't he ? it's almost as if now the selection as his position is going to be a referendum of President Trump rather than a binary choice between the Vice President( Joe Biden) and the President.

  4. Mitch McConnell:

    The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice, therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.

  5. Michael Osborn:

    This allowed Dom Perignon and Veuve Clicquot to have a good supply during the holiday selling season, at this point, Dom Perignon and Veuve Clicquot selection exceeds over 300 choices in sparkling, including nearly 100 options from France's Champagne region.


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