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Search option Results found in English Dictionary Synonyms: [n] : choice , option , pick , action [gt] [n] : assortment [gt] , mixture [gt] , mixed bag [gt] , miscellany [gt] , miscellanea [gt] , variety [gt] , salmagundi [gt] , smorgasbord [gt] , potpourri [gt] , motley [gt] [n] : choice , pick , decision making [gt] , deciding [gt] [n] : survival , survival of the fittest , natural selection , natural process [gt] , natural action [gt] , action [gt] , activity [gt] [n] : excerpt , excerption , extract , passage [gt]
Wiki: segregating within a population may be subject to selection. Under selection, individuals with advantageous or ""adaptive"" traits tend to be more successful than their peers reproductively-meaning they contribute more offspring to the succeeding generation than others do. When these traits have a genetic basis, selection can increase the prevalence of those traits, because offspring will inherit those traits from their parents.
Example: My mother prefers the arbitrary selection of the lottery machines over my lucky numbers. It offers a mouth-watering selection of delights. Rules in connection with staff selection are set as follows. The old selection process for judges was very unfair. Aiming at a fair selection , the tests subject will be the same for all of you scientists of the world: write a scientific publication in English! Our random selection has chosen you as a possible winner! He was a deist, of course, but his time was before the discovery of natural selection so he can be readily forgiven for that. On the language website, he could not find the selection for Lingua Franca Nova. Tom made a careful selection . Are we ready to proceed now with the jury selection ? The task of philosophy is to recover the totality obscured by the selection . Sampling must be performed in a manner that guarantees random selection . This store has the best selection of hats in town. Tom was assessed by the selection committee as fully meeting all criteria for the job. Conchita Wursts selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 sparked controversy in Austria. Natural selection has similarities to selective breeding, but it happens by itself and over a much longer period of time.
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