- 1. a. Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act. Source: opted
- 2. a. Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral. Source: opted
- 3. a. Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office. Source: opted
- 4. n. In an American college, an optional study or course of study. Source: opted
- 5. adj. subject to popular election Source: wordnet
- 6. adj. optional Source: wordnet
- 7. n. a course that the student can select from among alternatives Source: wordnet
- 8. 1. Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act. 2. Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral. The independent use of their elective franchise. Bancroft. 3. Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office. Kings of Rome were at first elective; . . . for such are the conditions of an elective kingdom. Dryden. Elective affinity or attraction (Chem.), a tendency to unite with certain things; chemism. In an American college, an optional study or course of study. [Colloq.] Source: webster
- 9. In an American college, an optional study or course of study.[Colloq.] Source: adambom
- 10. j:86/n:14 a. subject to popular election s. not compulsory Source: ecdict
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