Selective
/sɪˈlektɪv/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjectiveChoosing only certain people or things rather than everything.
Extra definitions
adjectiveCareful about what is chosen.
adjectiveAllowing only certain things.
adjectivePreferring some options.
Sentence Examples
The school is selective.
She is selective about news.
Selective breeding changed the animals.
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Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
“The selective algorithm excludes the redundant classifiers to construct a streamlined ensemble learning.”
— 2016, Xingming Sun, Alex Liu, Han-Chieh Chao, Cloud Computing and Security: Second International Conference, ICCCS 2016, Nanjing, China, July 29-31, 2016, Revised Selected Papers (part 2, page 579)
“Eligibility criteria form the essence of selective programs and individuals are evaluated using a means test.”
— 2006, Francis J. Turner, Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work, page 189:
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The school is ____.