English-Thai Dictionary

elective

ADJ โดย การเลือกตั้ง  เกี่ยวกับ การเลือกตั้ง  electoral doi-kan-lueak-tang

 

elective

ADJ โดยสมัครใจ  ซึ่ง เปิด ให้ เลือก  optional doi-sa-mak-jai

 

elective

N วิชา เลือก  สาขาวิชา ที่ เปิด ให้ เลือก  wi-cha-lueak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ELECTIVE

a.Dependent on choice, as an elective monarchy, in which the king is raised to the throne by election; opposed to hereditary. 1. Bestowed or passing by election; as an office is elective.
2. Pertaining to or consisting in choice or right of choosing; as elective franchise.
3. Exerting the power of choice; as an elective act.
4. Selecting for combination; as elective attraction, which is a tendency in bodies to unite with certain kinds of matter in preference to others.

 

ELECTIVELY

adv. By choice; with preference of one to another.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ELECTIVE

E *lect "ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. électif. ]

 

1. Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act.

 

2. Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral. The independent use of their elective franchise. Bancroft.

 

3. Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office. Kings of Rome were at first elective; ... for such are the conditions of an elective kingdom. Dryden. Elective affinity or attraction (Chem. ), a tendency to unite with certain things; chemism.

 

ELECTIVE

ELECTIVE E *lect "ive, n.

 

Defn: In an American college, an optional study or course of study. [Colloq. ]

 

ELECTIVELY

ELECTIVELY E *lect "ive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an elective manner; by choice.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

elective

e lec tive |iˈlektiv əˈlɛktɪv | ▶adjective 1 related to or working by means of election: an elective democracy. • (of a person or office ) appointed or filled by election: he had never held elective office | the National Assembly, with 125 elective members. • (of a body or position ) possessing or giving the power to elect. 2 (of a course of study ) chosen by the student rather than compulsory. • (of surgical or medical treatment ) chosen by the patient rather than urgently necessary. ▶noun an optional course of study: up to half the credits in many public high schools are electives. DERIVATIVES e lec tive ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French electif, -ive, from late Latin electivus, from elect- ‘picked out, ’ from the verb eligere (see elect ).

 

elective affinity

elect |ive af ¦fin |ity ▶noun a correspondence with, or feeling of sympathy or attraction towards, a particular idea, attitude, or person. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (as elective attraction ): originally a technical term for the preferential combination of chemical substances, it was widely used figuratively in the 19th cent. , notably by Goethe (in his novel Die Wahlverwandschaften ‘Elective Affinities ’) and by Weber (in describing the correspondence between aspects of Protestantism and capitalism ).

 

elective mutism

e lec tive mut ism ▶noun see mutism.

 

Oxford Dictionary

elective

elect |ive |ɪˈlɛktɪv | ▶adjective 1 related to or working by means of election: an elective democracy. • (of a person or office ) appointed or filled by election: he had never held elective office | the National Assembly, with 125 elective members. • (of a body or position ) possessing or giving the power to elect: powerful Emperors manipulated the elective body. 2 (of surgical or medical treatment ) chosen by the patient rather than urgently necessary. • (of a course of study ) chosen by the student rather than compulsory. ▶noun chiefly N. Amer. an optional course of study. DERIVATIVES electively adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French electif, -ive, from late Latin electivus, from elect- ‘picked out ’, from the verb eligere (see elect ).

 

elective affinity

elect |ive af ¦fin |ity ▶noun a correspondence with, or feeling of sympathy or attraction towards, a particular idea, attitude, or person. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (as elective attraction ): originally a technical term for the preferential combination of chemical substances, it was widely used figuratively in the 19th cent. , notably by Goethe (in his novel Die Wahlverwandschaften ‘Elective Affinities ’) and by Weber (in describing the correspondence between aspects of Protestantism and capitalism ).

 

elective mutism

elect |ive mut ¦ism ▶noun see mutism.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

elective

e lec tive /ɪléktɪv /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 ｟かたく ｠選挙によって決められる 〈役職など 〉(↔appointive ).2 ｟かたく ｠緊急を要しない, 随意に決められる 〈手術など 〉.3 選挙の, 選挙に関する .4 ｟米 ｠選択の 〈科目 〉(optional )(↔required ).名詞 C ｟米 ｠選択科目 .