Elective : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Elective	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Elective
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elective adj subject to popular election; "elective official" [syn: elective, elected] Antonym(s): appointed, appointive not compulsory; "elective surgery"; "an elective course of study" n a course that the student can select from among alternatives Synonym(s): elective course, elective
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elective \Elect"ive\, a. [Cf. F. [82]lectif.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elective \E*lect"ive\, n. In an American college, an optional study or course of study. [Colloq.]