ELECTIVE
\ɪlˈɛktɪv], \ɪlˈɛktɪv], \ɪ_l_ˈɛ_k_t_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of ELECTIVE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act.
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Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral.
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Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office.
By Oddity Software
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Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act.
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Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral.
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Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office.
By Noah Webster.
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Appointed or governed by choice; using the power of choice.
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One of several courses offered by a school or college among which a student may choose.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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