elective

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.
Open to choice; freely chosen; (also, usually) unnecessary; minor.
Scheduled and nonemergent (regardless of whether necessary or unnecessary and whether minor or serious).

noun

Something that is an option or may be freely chosen, especially a course of study.

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elective more elective most elective electives

From elect + -ive.

electoral discretionary optional voluntary

appointive hereditary compulsory mandatory obligatory required involuntary emergent unscheduled

elect election

elective affinity electively elective mutism electiveness elective share electivity nonelective self-elective stereoelective

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