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selection

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "selection", "results": [{"typeOf": ["deciding", "decision making"], "hasTypes": ["favorite", "way", "pleasure", "favourite"], "synonyms": ["choice", "pick"], "definition": "the person or thing chosen or selected", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["activity", "natural process", "natural action", "action"], "synonyms": ["natural selection", "survival", "survival of the fittest"], "definition": "a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["passage"], "hasTypes": ["analecta", "analects", "track", "chrestomathy", "citation", "clipping", "quote", "quotation", "cut", "cutting", "press cutting", "press clipping", "newspaper clipping"], "synonyms": ["excerpt", "excerption", "extract"], "definition": "a passage selected from a larger work", "hasInstances": ["haphtarah", "haftarah", "haftorah", "haphtorah"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["action"], "hasTypes": ["willing", "casting", "balloting", "ballot", "volition", "vote", "voting", "election", "determination", "decision", "conclusion", "colouration", "coloration", "sampling"], "synonyms": ["choice", "option", "pick"], "definition": "the act of choosing or selecting", "derivation": ["select"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["smorgasbord", "mixture", "miscellany", "assortment", "potpourri", "salmagundi", "motley", "miscellanea", "variety", "mixed bag"], "examples": ["the store carried a large selection of shoes"], "definition": "an assortment of things from which a choice can be made", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 3.76, "syllables": {"list": ["se", "lec", "tion"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": {"all": "sɪ'lɛkʃən"}}