Elective

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:13 ptsWWF:16 pts8 letters

Definition of Elective

Adjective

  1. Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.
  2. Open to choice; freely chosen; unnecessary; minor.

    "After accounting for all of my required courses, there is hardly any room in my schedule for any elective ones."

  3. Scheduled and nonemergent (regardless of whether necessary or unnecessary and whether minor or serious).

    "It was very confusing hearing my cancer surgery being classified as "elective surgery". Am I "electing" to live rather than die?"

Noun

  1. Something that is an option or may be freely chosen, especially a course of study.

    "I still need to decide which electives to take along with my compulsory courses next semester."

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