selection

英[sɪ'lekʃ(ə)n] 美[sɪ'lɛkʃən]

1. the act of choosing or selecting;

"your choice of colors was unfortunate"

"you can take your pick"

2. an assortment of things from which a choice can be made;

"the store carried a large selection of shoes"

3. the person or thing chosen or selected;

"he was my pick for mayor"

4. a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

5. a passage selected from a larger work;

"he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"