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selection

nounid 4107·updated May 9, 2026
candidate

An assortment of things from which a choice can be made.

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknown0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
choiceexcerptexcerptionextractnatural selectionoptionpicksurvivalsurvival of the fittest
alternatephrasing
Selection
plural
selections
possessive
selection's
pluralpossessive
selections'

Framework definitions

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 20121 senseview framework →
§1
An assortment of things from which a choice can be made.
Wordset Dictionary5 sensesview framework →
§1
the act of choosing or selecting
§2
the person or thing chosen or selected
§3
a passage selected from a larger work
§4
an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
§5
a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
An assortment of things from which a choice can be made.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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