Look up: Selective


  1. Selective
    A term applied mainly to herbicides or insecticides, capable of killing some kind of plants or insects and not others.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  2. selective
    [adj] - characterized by very careful or fastidious selection 2. [adj] - tending to select
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=selective

  3. Selective
    Se·lect'ive adjective Selecting; tending to select. « This selective providence of the Almighty.» Bp. Hall.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/56

  4. selective
    adjective tending to select; characterized by careful choice; `an exceptionally quick and selective reader`- John Mason Brown
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=selective

  5. selective
    adjective characterized by very careful or fastidious selection; `the school was very selective in its admissions`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=selective

  6. Selective
    • (a.) Selecting; tending to select.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/selective/

  7. selective
    selective 1. Applying to some but not to others. 2. Tending to make careful choices.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2526/7

  8. Selective
    Applied to a trade policy, this means one that affects only some countries, not all, in contrast to MFN policy. Selectivity is an important concern in the use of safeguards, which countries often would prefer to make selective but are required by GATT Article XIX to be nondiscriminatory.
    Found op http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/s.html

  9. selective
    1) Choosy 2) Discriminating 3) Type of service
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/selective/1

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