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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 εκλεκτικόςFrom 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, selektiivinenFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
selective Engelska a. selektivFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/ إنتقائيFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
selective //səˈlɛktɪv//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]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
selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]selektivní
selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/ detholiadolFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/ auswählendFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Auswahl…
selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/ selektivFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/ trennscharfFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ][electr.] [telco.] see: highly selective
selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/ επιλεκτικόςFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
selective //səˈlɛktɪv//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]selektiivinen, valikoiva 2. choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting 3. of or pertaining to the process of selection
selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. चयनात्मक "Cancer can be cured by selective medicines only. " 2. चयनशील "I am very selective about my diet."
selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/ izmjenljiv, različit, selektivan, selektivniFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
selective /sɪlˈɛktɪv/ 1. szelektív 2. válogatós 3. kiválasztó 4. igényesFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
selective /sɪˈlektɪv/From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]1. selekcyjny, wybiórczy 2. krytyczny, wybredny
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 ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/səˈɫɛktɪv/
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, xenophobicFrom 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