elective

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: elective courseelected

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a course that the student can select from among alternativesSynonyms: elective course

Adjective (2)

  1. subject to popular election“elective official”Synonyms: elected
  2. not compulsory“elective surgery”“an elective course of study”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Elective \E*lect"ive\, n. In an American college, an optional study or course of study; a course that is not required. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Elective \E*lect"ive\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]lectif.]

1.Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act. [1913 Webster]

2.Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral. [1913 Webster]

The independent use of their elective franchise.— Bancroft.[1913 Webster]

3.Bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective office. [1913 Webster]

Kings of Rome were at first elective; . . . for such are the conditions of an elective kingdom.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

4.Dependent on choice; that can be refused; as, an elective college course. Opposite of required or mandatory. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Elective affinity or Elective attraction (Chem.), a tendency to unite with certain things; chemism. [1913 Webster]

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