"selective" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /səˈlɛktɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-selective.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more selective [comparative], most selective [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛktɪv Head templates: {{en-adj}} selective (comparative more selective, superlative most selective)
  1. Of or relating to the process of selection. Translations (of or pertaining to the process of selection): избирателен (izbiratelen) (Bulgarian), selectiu (Catalan), valikoiva (Finnish), selektiivinen (Finnish), sélectif (French), selektiv (German), auswählend (German), herausgreifend (German), ausgewählt (German), gezielt (German), punktuell (German), selettivo (Italian), selektiv (Norwegian Bokmål), selektiv (Norwegian Nynorsk), selektywny (Polish), wybiórczy (Polish), seletivo (Portuguese), selectiv (Romanian), de selecție (Romanian), вы́борный (výbornyj) (Russian), селекти́вный (selektívnyj) (Russian), избира́тельный (izbirátelʹnyj) (Russian), selektívny (Slovak), selekčný (Slovak), selectivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-selective-en-adj-S76WTEtt Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to the process of selection': 69 19 0 10 2
  2. (biology) Of or relating to natural selection. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (of or relating to natural selection): селективен (selektiven) (Bulgarian), selektiv (German), Selektions- (German)
    Sense id: en-selective-en-adj-Nlh~Xg4S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 42 18 15 25 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'of or relating to natural selection': 2 80 6 3 9
  3. (of a person) choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting. Translations (choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting): ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós) (Ancient Greek), придирчив (pridirčiv) (Bulgarian), selectiu (Catalan), vybíravý (Czech), valikoiva (Finnish), selektiivinen (Finnish), sélectif (French), wählerisch (German), εκλεκτικός (eklektikós) (Greek), wybiórczy (Polish), разбо́рчивый (razbórčivyj) (Russian), перебо́рчивый (perebórčivyj) (Russian), probìrljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), izbìrljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), vyberavý (Slovak), prieberčivý (Slovak), selectivo (Spanish), seçici (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-selective-en-adj-aqDl~sl1 Disambiguation of 'choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting': 0 10 83 1 6
  4. (chiefly US, not comparable) Having the authority or capability to make a selection. Tags: US, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-selective-en-adj-E824Mz3D Categories (other): American English
  5. Of or relating to the social work approach called selectivity.
    Sense id: en-selective-en-adj-QwfxDxmd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: select, selectivity

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      "word": "cardioselective"
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      "word": "celecoxib"
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      "word": "chemoselective"
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      "word": "enantioselective"
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      "word": "hepatoselective"
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      "word": "immunoselective"
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      "word": "ion-selective electrode"
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      "word": "ion selective electrode"
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      "word": "ion-selective membrane"
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      "word": "metaselective"
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      "word": "microselective"
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      "word": "paraselective"
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    {
      "word": "phosphoselective"
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      "word": "photoselective"
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      "word": "postselective"
    },
    {
      "word": "potassium selective electrode"
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      "word": "preselective"
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    {
      "word": "regioselective"
    },
    {
      "word": "sartan"
    },
    {
      "word": "selective advantage"
    },
    {
      "word": "selective breeding"
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    {
      "word": "selective collection"
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    {
      "word": "selective compression"
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    {
      "word": "selective distortion"
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    {
      "word": "selective eating disorder"
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    {
      "word": "selective fire"
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      "word": "selectively"
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    {
      "word": "selectively mute"
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      "word": "selective memory"
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      "word": "selective mutism"
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      "word": "selectiveness"
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    {
      "word": "selective school"
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    {
      "word": "selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor"
    },
    {
      "word": "selective yellow"
    },
    {
      "word": "selegiline"
    },
    {
      "word": "selepressin"
    },
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      "word": "semiselective"
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      "word": "stereoselective"
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      "word": "superselective"
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      "word": "ultraselective"
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      "word": "underselective"
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          "ref": "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)",
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        "(of a person) choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting."
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izbiratelen",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "избирателен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "selectiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "valikoiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "selektiivinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "sélectif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "selektiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "auswählend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "herausgreifend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "ausgewählt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "gezielt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "punktuell"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "selettivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "selektiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "selektiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "selektywny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "wybiórczy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "seletivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "selectiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "de selecție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výbornyj",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "вы́борный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "selektívnyj",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "селекти́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izbirátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "избира́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "selektívny"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "selekčný"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the process of selection",
      "word": "selectivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "selektiven",
      "sense": "of or relating to natural selection",
      "word": "селективен"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to natural selection",
      "word": "selektiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to natural selection",
      "word": "Selektions-"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pridirčiv",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "word": "придирчив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "word": "selectiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "word": "vybíravý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "word": "valikoiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "word": "selektiivinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "word": "sélectif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "word": "wählerisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eklektikós",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "word": "εκλεκτικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eklektikós",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "word": "ἐκλεκτικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "word": "wybiórczy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razbórčivyj",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "word": "разбо́рчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perebórčivyj",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "word": "перебо́рчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "probìrljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "izbìrljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "word": "vyberavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "word": "prieberčivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "word": "selectivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
      "word": "seçici"
    }
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}

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