Found 3 items, similar to Elective.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: elective
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: elective
elective
adj 1: subject to popular election;
“elective official” [syn:
elected]
[ant:
appointive]
2: not compulsory;
“elective surgery”;
“an elective course of
study”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Elective
Elective
\E*lect"ive\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]lectif.]
1. Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective
act.
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2. Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of
choosing; electoral.
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The independent use of their elective franchise.
--Bancroft.
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3. Bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective office.
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Kings of Rome were at first elective; . . . for such
are the conditions of an elective kingdom. --Dryden.
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4. Dependent on choice; that can be refused; as, an elective
college course. Opposite of
required or
mandatory.
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Elective affinity or
Elective attraction (Chem.), a
tendency to unite with certain things; chemism.
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Elective
\E*lect"ive\, n.
In an American college, an optional study or course of study;
a course that is not required. [Colloq.]
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