1.the act of choosing or selecting;
your choice of colors was unfortunate
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