Tra từ selection - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

noun

1. the act of choosing or selecting (Freq. 13)
- your choice of colors was unfortunate
- you can take your pick
• Syn:
choice, option, pick
• Derivationally related forms:
pick (for: pick), opt (for: option), select
• Hypernyms:
action
• Hyponyms:
casting, coloration, colouration, sampling, decision,
determination, conclusion, volition, willing, election, vote,
ballot, voting, balloting
2. an assortment of things from which a choice can be made (Freq. 2)
- the store carried a large selection of shoes
• Hypernyms:
assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea,
variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
3. the person or thing chosen or selected (Freq. 1)
- he was my pick for mayor
• Syn:
choice, pick
• Derivationally related forms:
pick (for: pick)
• Hypernyms:
decision making, deciding
• Hyponyms:
pleasure, favorite, favourite, way
4. a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
• Syn:
survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection
• Hypernyms:
natural process, natural action, action, activity
5. a passage selected from a larger work
- he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
• Syn:
excerpt, excerption, extract
• Derivationally related forms:
extract (for: extract), excerpt (for: excerpt)
• Hypernyms:
passage
• Hyponyms:
chrestomathy, analects, analecta, clipping, newspaper clipping,
press clipping, cutting, press cutting, cut, track, quotation,
quote, citation
• Instance Hyponyms:
Haftorah, Haftarah, Haphtorah, Haphtarah