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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Selective \Se*lect"ive\, a.
     Selecting; tending to select.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           This selective providence of the Almighty. --Bp. Hall.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Selective \Se*lect"ive\, a.
     Selecting; tending to select.
  
           This selective providence of the Almighty. --Bp. Hall.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  selective
       adj 1: tending to select; characterized by careful choice; "an
              exceptionally quick and selective reader"- John Mason
              Brown
       2: characterized by very careful or fastidious selection; "the
          school was very selective in its admissions"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  selective
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 σχετικός με τη διαδικασία της επιλογής
     2 εκλεκτικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  selective
     a.
     1 Of or relating to the process of selection.
     2 (lb en biology) Of or relating to natural selection.
     3 (lb en of a person) choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.
     4 (lb en chiefly US not comparable) Having the authority or
  capability to make a selection.
     5 Of or relating to the social work approach called selectivity.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  selective
     a.
     1 Of or relating to the process of selection.
     2 (lb en biology) Of or relating to natural selection.
     3 (lb en of a person) choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.
     4 (lb en chiefly US not comparable) Having the authority or
  capability to make a selection.
     5 Of or relating to the social work approach called selectivity.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  selective
     a.
     1 Of or relating to the process of selection.
     2 (lb en biology) Of or relating to natural selection.
     3 (lb en of a person) choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.
     4 (lb en chiefly US not comparable) Having the authority or
  capability to make a selection.
     5 Of or relating to the social work approach called selectivity.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  selective
     a.
     1 Of or relating to the process of selection.
     2 (lb en biology) Of or relating to natural selection.
     3 (lb en of a person) choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.
     4 (lb en chiefly US not comparable) Having the authority or
  capability to make a selection.
     5 Of or relating to the social work approach called selectivity.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  selective
     Englanti a.
     valikoiva, selektiivinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  selective
     Engelska a.
     selektiv

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/
  إنتقائي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  selective //səˈlɛktɪv// 
  1. придирчив
  choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
  2. избирателен
  of or pertaining to the process of selection
  3. селективен
  of or relating to natural selection

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/ 
  selektivní

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/ 
  detholiadol 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/
  auswählend , Auswahl…

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/
  selektiv 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/
  trennscharf  [electr.]  [telco.]
   see: highly selective
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/
  
  επιλεκτικός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  selective //səˈlɛktɪv// 
  selektiivinen, valikoiva 2.
  choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
   3.
  of or pertaining to the process of selection

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/ 
  1. चयनात्मक
        "Cancer can be cured by selective medicines only. "
  2. चयनशील
        "I am very selective about my diet."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/
  izmjenljiv, različit, selektivan, selektivni

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/
  1. szelektív
  2. válogatós
  3. kiválasztó
  4. igényes

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  selective /sɪˈlektɪv/ 
   1.  selekcyjny, wybiórczy
   2.  krytyczny, wybredny

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/
  1. ayıran seçici
  2. telsiz telgrafta birkaç haberi bir arada gönderme sistemine ait. selective service (A.B.D.) kura ile askerlik.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/səˈɫɛktɪv/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "selective":
     accurate, adoptive, appointive, appreciative, censorious, choicy,
     choosing, choosy, clannish, cliquish, conscientious, constituent,
     critical, delicate, demanding, differential, discerning,
     discriminate, discriminating, discriminative, discriminatory,
     distinctive, distinguishing, eclectic, elect, elective, electoral,
     ethnocentric, exact, exacting, exceptional, excluding, exclusive,
     exclusory, fastidious, fine, inadmissible, insular, meticulous,
     narrow, nice, parochial, particular, perfectionistic, picky,
     precise, precisianistic, preclusive, prescriptive, preventive,
     priggish, prohibitive, prudish, punctilious, puristic, puritanic,
     refined, restrictive, scrupulous, seclusive, segregative, select,
     selecting, sensitive, separative, snobbish, snobby, strict, subtle,
     tactful, xenophobic
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 选择的,选择性的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 选择的,选择性的

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