selection
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of choosing or selecting
your choice of colors was unfortunate
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
the store carried a large selection of shoes
Types & categories
- assortment hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the person or thing chosen or selected
he was my pick for mayor
Types & categories
- decision making hypernym
- pleasure hyponym
- favorite hyponym
- way hyponym
Related & opposite
- pick derivation
Sense 4 noun
a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Types & categories
- natural process hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a passage selected from a larger work
he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- excerpt derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | choose |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pick |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | opt |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | action |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | casting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coloration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sampling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | decision |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | willing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | election |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vote |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | assortment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pick |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | decision making |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pleasure |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | favorite |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | way |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural process |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | excerpt |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | passage |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | chrestomathy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | analects |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | clipping |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | track |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | quotation |
| 5 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Haftorah |