Web2. a. : permitting a choice : optional. an elective course in school. b (1) : relating to, being, or involving a nonemergency medical procedure and especially surgery that is planned in …

Webbestowed by or derived from election, as an office. having the power or right of electing to office, as a body of persons. open to choice; optional; not required: an elective subject in …

Webelective noun [ C ] uk / iˈlek.tɪv / us / iˈlek.tɪv / a subject that someone chooses to study, in addition to the subjects that they have to study as part of a course: During the MBA you …

Webpossible but not necessary; left to personal choice. noun. a course that the student can select from among alternatives. synonyms: elective course. see more. see less. type of: class, course, course of instruction, course of study. education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings.

Webelective noun [ C ] us / iˈlek.tɪv / uk / iˈlek.tɪv / a subject that someone chooses to study, in addition to the subjects that they have to study as part of a course: During the MBA you …

Webelective 1 of 2 adjective as in optional subject to one's freedom of choice a plastic surgeon who mainly does face-lifting and other kinds of elective surgery Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance optional voluntary discretionary chosen alternative unnecessary alternate unwanted unneeded dispensable Antonyms & Near Antonyms compulsory mandatory

Webelective 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of or based on selection by vote: elective procedure. 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) selected by vote: an elective official. 3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) having the power to elect 4. (Education) open to choice; optional: an elective ...

Weba : relating to, being, or involving an urgent medical procedure and especially surgery that is essential to the survival of the patient a nonelective appendectomy acute nonelective surgery b : not permitting a choice : not optional nonelective college courses c

Webelective. adjective Referring to that which is planned or undertaken by choice and without urgency, as in elective surgery, see there. noun Graduate education noun A short–±6 wk period of clinical contact undertaken by a 4 th-yr medical student, during which he/she learns about a field related to a planned specialty. See Match, Rotation.

Web1 : of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select 2 : highly specific in activity or effect selective pesticides selective absorption selectively adverb …