selection
What you chose
Selection is the act of choosing from available options, or the thing chosen: The store offers a wide selection of wines.
Natural selection is the evolutionary process by which organisms better adapted to their environment survive to reproduce.
A selection can also be a passage or piece chosen from a larger work: a selection from Shakespeare.
Settled course of action
- optionAvailable course of action
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- alternativeAnother available choice
- pickPointed breaking tool
choosing · determination · judgment · verdict · appointment · nomination · designation · vote
Collected literary works volume
- compilationGathered works assembled together
- assortmentMixed collection of things
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- excerptPortion taken from larger work
highlights · showcase · archive · catalogue · portfolio · repertoire · edition · sampler
Extent of variation
- assortmentMixed collection of things
- diversityState of varied elements
- arrayOrdered collection or display
- spectrumContinuous range of values
choice · options · inventory · stock · merchandise · offerings · catalog · menu
Not artificially produced
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- fitnessGood physical shape
Darwinism · mutation · speciation · inheritance · pressure · breeding · artificial · trait
Superior select group
- prestigiousHaving high standing
- competitiveDriven by rivalry
- rigorousExtremely thorough and careful
- admissionEntry or confession
acceptance · cutoff · threshold · stringent · discerning · discriminating · choosy · particular
Occurring without pattern
- sampleSubset for study
- stratifiedArranged in stacked layers
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
statistical · representative · subset · cohort · population · survey · bias · data
decision
Settled course of action
- optionAvailable course of action
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- alternativeAnother available choice
pick · choosing · determination · judgment · verdict · appointment · nomination · designation · vote · resolution
anthology
Collected literary works volume
- compilationGathered works assembled together
- assortmentMixed collection of things
- samplingExtracting subset for study
excerpt · highlights · showcase · archive · catalogue · portfolio · repertoire · edition · sampler · digest
range
Extent of variation
- assortmentMixed collection of things
- diversityState of varied elements
- arrayOrdered collection or display
spectrum · choice · options · inventory · stock · merchandise · offerings · catalog · menu · lineup
natural
Not artificially produced
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
fitness · Darwinism · mutation · speciation · inheritance · pressure · breeding · artificial · trait · phenotype
elite
Superior select group
- prestigiousHaving high standing
- competitiveDriven by rivalry
- rigorousExtremely thorough and careful
admission · acceptance · cutoff · threshold · stringent · discerning · discriminating · choosy · particular · exacting
random
Occurring without pattern
- sampleSubset for study
- stratifiedArranged in stacked layers
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
probability · statistical · representative · subset · cohort · population · survey · bias · data · methodology
- collectionscollections, anthology, anthologies, compilation, compilations
- Consumer Choiceshopping, brands, options, preference, comparison
- hiringhiring, job, interview, resume, application
- hiring processjob posting, job postings, application, resume review, screening
- rankingsrankings, first, college rankings, second, third
- Shopping Stepscheckout, payment, cart, order, browsing
selectioncoercion
Pressured compliance through threats
force · compulsion · duress · obligation · imposition
selectionexclusion
Being barred from participation
rejection · omission · refusal · elimination · deselection
selectioneverything
The complete set
totality · hodgepodge · grab bag · miscellany · jumble
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- selective memoryUnconsciously filtering past events
- text selection
- selective hearingUnconsciously filtering unwanted input
- random selectionChoosing without systematic bias
- jury selectionChoosing trial decision-makers
selective, selecting, selection rules, selections, selectivity, selectively, deselection, reselection, deselecting