See selective on Wiktionary
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"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
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"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
"Terms with Slovak translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
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"word": "atroposelective"
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"word": "autoselective"
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"word": "cardioselective"
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{
"word": "celecoxib"
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"word": "cytoselective"
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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": "isoselective"
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{
"word": "metaselective"
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"word": "microselective"
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"word": "overselective"
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"word": "paraselective"
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{
"word": "phosphoselective"
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{
"word": "photoselective"
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"word": "postselective"
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{
"word": "potassium selective electrode"
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"word": "preselective"
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"word": "regioselective"
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"word": "sartan"
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"word": "selective advantage"
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"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"
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{
"word": "selective yellow"
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{
"word": "selegiline"
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{
"word": "selepressin"
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{
"word": "semiselective"
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{
"word": "stereoselective"
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{
"word": "subselective"
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{
"word": "superselective"
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{
"word": "supraselective"
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{
"word": "ultraselective"
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{
"word": "underselective"
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{
"word": "unselective"
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{
"word": "uroselective"
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"form": "more selective",
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"word": "select"
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"word": "selectivity"
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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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"text": "selective pressure",
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"Of or relating to natural selection."
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"natural selection",
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"(biology) Of or relating to natural selection."
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"text": "He's very selective and spent hours in the store choosing a new shirt.",
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"choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting."
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"(of a person) choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting."
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"examples": [
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"text": "In the USA, military conscription is controlled by the Selective Service.",
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"glosses": [
"Having the authority or capability to make a selection."
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"capability",
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"ref": "2006, Francis J. Turner, Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work, page 189:",
"text": "Eligibility criteria form the essence of selective programs and individuals are evaluated using a means test.",
"type": "quote"
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],
"glosses": [
"Of or relating to the social work approach called selectivity."
],
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"social work",
"social work"
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"selectivity"
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"rhymes": "-ɛktɪv"
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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"
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{
"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": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "intiqāʔiyy",
"sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِنْتِقَائِيّ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pridirčiv",
"sense": "choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting",
"word": "придирчив"
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{
"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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