selective C1 Topic:People & Society US /səˈlɛktɪv/ See IPA manual Freq #19114 Meanings 1 adj Careful about what you choose, accepting only the best or only certain things. He is very selective about the friends he keeps. 2 adj Choosing only some people or things and not others. The college has a highly selective admissions process. 3 adj Affecting or relating to only certain things and not others. The new policy offers selective tax cuts for small businesses. Thesaurus Word family Forms selectiveness Derived forms anxioselectiveatroposelectiveautoselectivecardioselectivecelecoxibchemoselectivecounterselectivecytoselectiveenantioselectivehepatoselectiveimmunoselectiveisoselective Related forms selectselectivity Common collocations selective service Adjective + noun Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # selective **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /səˈlɛktɪv/ **Frequency rank:** 19114 ## Meanings 1. Careful about what you choose, accepting only the best or only certain things. 2. Choosing only some people or things and not others. 3. Affecting or relating to only certain things and not others. ## Examples - He is very selective about the friends he keeps. - The college has a highly selective admissions process. - The new policy offers selective tax cuts for small businesses. ## Derived Forms - anxioselective - atroposelective - autoselective - cardioselective - celecoxib - chemoselective - counterselective - cytoselective - enantioselective - hepatoselective - immunoselective - isoselective ## Related Forms - select - selectivity ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown