nnoun.actthe act of choosing or selectingSynset:choice option pick
Examples:- your choice of colors was unfortunate
- you can take your pick
Derivationally Related Form:selectoptpick
Hypernyms:action
Inherited Hypernyms:choiceactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:ballotballotingcastingcolorationcolourationconclusiondecisiondeterminationelectionsamplingvolitionvotevotingwilling
Full Hyponyms:appointmentbackstopblock votecallcastingcasting lotscasting voteco-optioncolorationcountermeasurecounterminecumulative votedecisiondelegacydemarchedeviceelectionfeintfootworkgolden parachutegreenmailintentionjukelaying on of handslucky dipmaneuvermeasuremnemonicmovemultiple votingnominationordinationpac-man strategyparkingploypocket vetopoison pillprecautionrandom samplingrecognitionresolutionrusesafe harborsamplingscorched-earth policysecret ballotsecurityshark repellentshtiksplit ticketstraight ticketstratified samplingsuicide pilltrickvetovolitionvotewrite-in
nnoun.groupan assortment of things from which a choice can be madeExamples:- the store carried a large selection of shoes
Hypernyms:assortment miscellanea miscellany mixed bag mixture motley potpourri salmagundi smorgasbord variety
Inherited Hypernyms:selectionassortmentcollectiongroupabstractionentity
nnoun.cognitionthe person or thing chosen or selectedSynset:choice pick
Derivationally Related Form:pick
Hypernyms:deciding decision making
Inherited Hypernyms:choicedecision makinghigher cognitive processprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:favoritefavouritepleasureway
Full Hyponyms:favoritepleasureway
nnoun.processa natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environmentSynset:natural selection survival survival of the fittest
Hypernyms:action activity natural action natural process
Inherited Hypernyms:survivalnatural processprocessphysical entityentity
nnoun.communicationa passage selected from a larger workSynset:excerpt excerption extract
Examples:- he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
Derivationally Related Form:excerptextract
Hypernyms:passage
Inherited Hypernyms:excerptpassagesectionmusicauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:excerptpassagesectionwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:analectaanalectschrestomathycitationclippingcutcuttingnewspaper clippingpress clippingpress cuttingquotationquotetrack
Instance Hyponyms:Haftarah Haftorah Haphtarah Haphtorah
Full Hyponyms:analectschrestomathyclippingcutepigraphmimesismisquotationquotation