elective
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3.9
- noun
- /ɪˈlɛktɪv/
:
optativa
- High school music electives must address a variety of interests to attract a variety of students.
- elective course
- electives offered
- music elective
And a lot of the electives that I took, don't remember.
- And a lot of the electives that I took, don't remember.
- I didn't really have much direction there and and I liked numbers and stuff until I took an elective in film.
- And then when it came to the integrative stuff that I was doing, I actually offered an elective at lunchtime because people were so curious.
- Now that being said, I did take a number of electives that did end up being helpful for law school, one of which was a business class that was taught by my mock trial coach.
Examples
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Do you know what electives you're gonna take this year?
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If you let me teach my elective, I'll let you teach yours.
Academic text (1999) -
You just have to pick a new elective to replace football.
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So, the goal is to find the elective that asks the least of you.
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I need an art elective.
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But they also had the elective of woodshop.
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But it was offered as an elective at her catechism school.
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I was taking an elective in oncology.
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Research suggests that enrollment in high school music electives is the single best predictor of lifelong music involvement.
Academic text (2011) -
In my final semester, I decided to take a creative writing elective to explore my passion for storytelling.
Synonyms
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2.7
A course a student chooses instead of a required class
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How Optional
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Etymology
The word elective comes from a Latin word eligere meaning 'to choose' and is related to the English word elect, which means 'chosen'. So an elective course is a class you pick yourself rather than one you must take.