What does selective mean?

selective means "tending to select; characterized by careful choice". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in selective?

selective has 3 syllables: se-lec-tive. The stress falls on "lec". In IPA it is /səˈlɛktɪv/.

Is selective a common word?

selective is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with selective?

2 words rhyme with selective. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

selective — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
tending to select; characterized by careful choice
“an exceptionally quick and selective reader”
Similardiscriminating
2.
characterized by very careful or fastidious selection
“the school was very selective in its admissions”
Similarexclusive

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What does selective mean?: selective means "tending to select; characterized by careful choice". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in selective?: selective has 3 syllables: se-lec-tive. The stress falls on "lec". In IPA it is /səˈlɛktɪv/.

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