Elective Definition

ĭ-lĕktĭv
electives
adjective
Of or relating to a selection by vote.
American Heritage
Filled by election.
An elective office.
Webster's New World
Chosen by election; elected.
Webster's New World
Of or based on election.
Webster's New World
Having the power to choose.
Webster's New World
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noun
electives
An optional course or subject in a school or college curriculum.
Webster's New World

Something that is option or that may be elected, especially a course of tertiary study.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • elective course

Other Word Forms of Elective

Noun

Singular:
elective
Plural:
electives

Elective Sentence Examples

  • The system of local self-government is continued, so far as the 34 governments of old Russia are concerned, 6 in the elective district and provincial assemblies (zemstvos).

  • The last section is partly elective and partly nominated.

  • There is also an elective general council.

  • Port Louis, which is governed by an elective municipal council, is surrounded by lofty hills and its unhealthy situation is aggravated by the difficulty of effective drainage owing to the small amount of tide in the harbour.

  • The secular affairs of the Parsees are managed by an elective committee, or panchayat, composed of six dasturs and twelve mobeds, making a council of eighteen.

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