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[sɪ'lektɪv]1) (positively biased) [memory, school] selettivo; [admission, education] basato su criteri selettivi2) (negatively biased) [account, perspective] tendenzioso3) agr. [weedkiller, breeding] selettivo* * *[-tiv]adjective (having the power of choice and using it, especially carefully: She is very selective about clothes.) selettivo* * *selective /səˈlɛktɪv/a.● (mil. e sport) selective fire, fuoco automatico □ (demogr.) selective immigration, immigrazione selezionata □ ( USA, un tempo) selective service, coscrizione; servizio militare obbligatorio □ (econ.) selective strike, sciopero a scacchieraselectively avv. selectiveness n. [u].* * *[sɪ'lektɪv]1) (positively biased) [memory, school] selettivo; [admission, education] basato su criteri selettivi2) (negatively biased) [account, perspective] tendenzioso3) agr. [weedkiller, breeding] selettivo -
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I [sɪ'lekt] II [sɪ'lekt]* * *[sə'lekt] 1. verb(to choose or pick from among a number: She selected a blue dress from the wardrobe; You have been selected to represent us on the committee.) scegliare, selezionare2. adjective1) (picked or chosen carefully: A select group of friends was invited.) scelto2) (intended only for carefully chosen (usually rich or upper-class) people: That school is very select.) esclusivo•- selective
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selectiveness — index particularity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
selectiveness — selective ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to or involving selection. 2) tending to choose carefully. 3) (of a process or agent) affecting some things and not others. DERIVATIVES selectively adverb selectiveness noun selectivity noun … English terms dictionary
selectiveness — noun see selective … New Collegiate Dictionary
selectiveness — See selectively. * * * … Universalium
selectiveness — noun The state of being selective; discernment … Wiktionary
selectiveness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The ability to distinguish, especially to recognize small differences or draw fine distinctions: discrimination, refinement, selectivity. See PRECISE … English dictionary for students
selectiveness — n. state of being picky, choosiness; state of being selective … English contemporary dictionary
selectiveness — se·lec·tive·ness … English syllables
selectiveness — tivnə̇s, tēv also təv noun ( es) : the act or process of being selective … Useful english dictionary
Education in Coimbra — Since early ages, Coimbra developed into an important cultural centre, firstly due to the school founded in 1131 in the Santa Cruz Monastery, essential on medieval times and a meeting point for the intellectual and power elites, where famous… … Wikipedia
selective — adjective Date: 1625 1. of, relating to, or characterized by selection ; selecting or tending to select 2. highly specific in activity or effect < selective pesticides > < selective absorption > • selectively adverb • selectiveness noun • … New Collegiate Dictionary