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Definition of: elective

(i·lektiv) adjective
1. Of or pertaining to a choice by vote.
2. Obtained or bestowed by election.
3. Exerting the privilege of choice.
4. Subject to choice; optional.
5. Chem. Having a tendency to attract and combine with some substances and not with others: elective absorption.
noun An optional study in a fixed college curriculum.

—e·lec′·tive·ly
adverb
—e·lec′tive·ness
noun

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Statistical data

"elective" has the frequency of use of 0.0003% on city-data.com forum

"elective" has the frequency of use of 0.0002% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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