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elective

[ ih-lek-tiv ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to the principle of electing to an office, position, etc.
  2. chosen by election, as an official.
  3. bestowed by or derived from election, as an office.
  4. having the power or right of electing to office, as a body of persons.
  5. open to choice; optional; not required:

    an elective subject in college; elective surgery.

    Synonyms: discretionary, voluntary

    Antonyms: necessary, obligatory

  6. Chemistry. selecting for combination or action; tending to combine with certain substances in preference to others:

    elective attraction.



noun

  1. an optional study; a course that a student may select from among alternatives.

elective

/ ɪˈlɛktɪv; ˌiːlɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. of or based on selection by vote

    elective procedure

  2. selected by vote

    an elective official

  3. having the power to elect
  4. open to choice; optional

    an elective course of study

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. an optional course or hospital placement undertaken by a medical student
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • electivity, noun
  • eˈlectively, adverb
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Other Words From

  • e·lective·ly adverb
  • e·lective·ness noun
  • none·lective adjective noun
  • none·lective·ly adverb
  • none·lective·ness noun
  • pree·lective adjective
  • une·lective adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of elective1

1520–30; < Medieval Latin ēlēctīvus, equivalent to Latin ēlēct ( us ) ( elect ) + -īvus -ive
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Example Sentences

Ballad Health, whose 21 hospitals serve that region, temporarily stopped all elective surgeries and set up mobile morgues.

Funding from Congress has provided some relief for hospital systems across the country, but many are losing money as a result of halting elective surgeries.

From Vox

Clinical trials and elective procedures for other conditions have been put on hold.

Typically, the most profitable services hospitals offer are elective procedures, such as hip replacements or knee surgeries.

From Quartz

Youngkin, 54, who in September retired as co-chief executive of the Washington private equity giant Carlyle Group, has never held elective office.

Not hard to imagine what drives this number – money, the ever swelling lubricant of elective office.

He has since put in place penalties for hospitals and surgeons that perform elective cesareans.

Really, sortition strikes at the tension at the heart of elective representative democracy.

But the O.R. has actually seen a huge decrease in elective surgeries.

It is not elective, it is not fun, and it certainly is not funny.

And of the world of to-day, be it remembered, elective democratic control covers only a part of the field.

If the wages are graded according to capacity, then the grading is done by the everlasting elective officials.

Since the house would not make the legislative council elective, he proposed to abolish it altogether.

At a later date they were nominated by the Wardens, though in earlier times probably elective.

Well, now, seigneur Councilman, august elective magistrate of the illustrious Commune of Laon!

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