Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or characterized by selection; discriminating.
- adjective Empowered or tending to select.
- adjective Electronics Able to reject frequencies other than the one selected or tuned.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or characterized by selection or choice; selecting; using that which is selected or choice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Selecting; tending to select.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the process of
selection . - adjective of a person
choosy ,fussy ordiscriminating when selecting. - adjective not comparable Having the
authority orcapability to make a selection.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by very careful or fastidious selection
- adjective tending to select; characterized by careful choice
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Examples
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When they were recently asked whether the current administration is seeking to privatize public education, a couple of PA State Senators used the term "selective dismantling" in discussions with school board members and superintendents in Delaware County.
Timothy D. Slekar: Pennsylvania: 'Selectively Dismantling' Public Education Timothy D. Slekar 2011
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I'm shocked they would use the term 'selective default.'
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I'm shocked they would use the term 'selective default.'
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I'm shocked they would use the term 'selective default.'
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I'm shocked they would use the term 'selective default.'
unknown title 2011
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I'm shocked they would use the term 'selective default.'
unknown title 2011
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I'm shocked they would use the term 'selective default.'
unknown title 2011
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I'm shocked they would use the term 'selective default.'
unknown title 2011
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I'm shocked they would use the term 'selective default.'
unknown title 2011
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I'm shocked they would use the term 'selective default.'
unknown title 2011
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