American English pronunciation
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IPA transcription: [ɪ'lɛktɪv]
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Noun
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a course that the student can select from among alternatives
Adjective
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subject to popular election
“elective official”
Adjective
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not compulsory
“elective surgery”
“an elective course of study”
Usage examples
- Identifying as pro-life, McDonnell campaigned as an opponent of elective abortion.
- Other experts recommend delaying elective circumcision until after paraphimosis has been resolved.
- The college has a highly regarded and selective nursing school.
- These channels are selective, allowing only calcium ions to pass.
- Its attacks were selective, working only on the X-factor genes.
- It was the result of selective acculturation.
- Some states also reduce the elective share if the surviving spouse is independently wealthy.
- He succeeded Hadad ben Bedad in the apparently elective kingship of the early Edomites.
- State-run universities are highly selective.
- Eleven highly selective private colleges compose the Centennial Conference.