tʃɔɪs ˈɛɡzɜ(ɹ)(p)t ɪkˈsɜː(ɹ)pʃən ˈɛkstɹækt ˈɒpʃən ˈɑpʃən pɪk səˈlɛkʃən sɚˈvaɪvəl the act of choosing or selecting your choice of colors was unfortunate you can take your pick the person or thing chosen or selected he was my pick for mayor a passage selected from a larger work he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings an assortment of things from which a choice can be made the store carried a large selection of shoes a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment