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selective [Brit sɪˈlɛktɪv, Am səˈlɛktɪv] ADJ

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1. selective (positively biased):

selective memory

selective recruitment, school

selective admission, education

basé sur la sélection

she should be more selective about the friends she makes/about what she reads

elle devrait mieux choisir ses amis/ses lectures

2. selective (negatively biased):

selective account, perspective

tendancieux/-ieuse

the media were very selective in their coverage of events

les médias ont couvert les événements de façon tendancieuse

3. selective (selecting some things and not others):

selective weedkiller

selective service N Am HISTORY

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selective service

service m militaire obligatoire

selective breeding N

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selective breeding

sélection f artificielle (en élevage)

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sélectif (sélective)

selective

barrage filtrant

selective blockade

ponctuel (ponctuelle) (ciblée)

selective

débrayages ponctuels dans une usine

selective stoppages in a factory

sélecteur (sélectrice)

selective

opérer un tri sévère

to be very selective

sélection à l'entrée

selective entry

grève perlée

selective strike

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selective ADJ

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selective

sélectif(-ive)

selective breeding

élevage par sélection

selective entry

sélection à l'entrée

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sélectif (-ive)

selective

selective breeding

élevage par sélection

selective entry

sélection à l'entrée

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immigration choisie

selective immigration

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Some species are selective, whereas others bite any suitable host they find. en.wikipedia.org

Selective leaching can be the pre-final stage of depletion gilding. en.wikipedia.org

The school also took selective stream students from 2002. en.wikipedia.org

Selling shareholders may not vote in favor of a special resolution to approve a selective buy-back. en.wikipedia.org

Selective calling is used to address a subset of all two-way radios on a single radio frequency channel. en.wikipedia.org

Frequency selective optical filters can be utilized to alter or enhance the brightness and contrast of a digital image. en.wikipedia.org

When it was commercially released in 1946, it triggered a worldwide revolution in agricultural output and became the first successful selective herbicide. en.wikipedia.org

It is a highly selective, coeducational day school (formerly day/boarding school) serving approximately 2,400 students aged between three and nineteen years. en.wikipedia.org

The selective advantage of outcrossing appears to be the masking of deleterious recessive mutations. en.wikipedia.org

He also served two years each with the selective service board and the county school committee. en.wikipedia.org

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