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selective Definition

se·lec·tive (-tiv)

adjective

  1. of or characterized by selection
    1. having the power of selecting; tending to select
    2. tending to select carefully; fastidious; discriminating
  3. Radio excluding oscillations on all frequencies except the one desired

selective Related Forms

se·lec′·tively adverb se·lec′·tive·ness noun

selective Synonyms

selective

modif.

discriminating, scrupulous, particular; see careful, judicious.

selective Usage Examples

Preposition: about

  • regime: We are very selective about the evil regimes we wish to overthrow and the people we want to help, dont you think?
  • card: Cost a player remain in a very selective about the cards they.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: Instead of truthful reporting, the agenda of advocacy journalism has sometimes made reporters highly selective, leading them to ignore inconvenient information.

Modifies a noun

  • breeding: Both changes had been brought about by careful selective breeding.
  • inhibitor: Cyclooxygenase 2 selective inhibitors: panacea or flash in the pan?
  • herbicide: Repeated cutting for silage, high inputs of fertilizers and slurry, and selective herbicides serve to reduce diversity of both flora and fauna.
  • modulator: In her final year, she carried out research on the toxicology of selective estrogen receptor modulators in the human endometrium.
  • weedkiller: A large number are best treated with a general application of a selective weedkiller.
  • mutism: Children who come from a bilingual background are slightly more likely to display selective mutism.

Modifying Another Word

  • directionally: Note the temporal ramp will not generate adaptation in a directionally selective cell.
  • highly: How could a new, publicly funded church school with a highly selective set of entry guidelines, be opening in 2003?
  • partially: Partial selection In some parts of the country, schools which were comprehensive have become partially selective.
  • wholly: Some will wish to select 20 or 30 or 40 per cent of their intake, others will wish to be wholly selective.
  • somewhat: This is, to be sure, a somewhat selective understanding of what is entailed in doing theology.
  • necessarily: The issues I have raised here are necessarily selective.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: However, there are signs that credit card providers are becoming more selective about who gets the best deals.
  • remain: The fact that the naturalism of this art remained selective is perhaps less surprising than it appears at first sight.
  • include: I maintain a website on Singapore English ( including selective annotated bibliography ).
  • call: Is forever calling very selective about would be dead.

Preposition: in

term: Should they contain a full account of the evidence or should they be more selective in terms of dissemination?