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1. Optional
   "elective surgery"; "an elective course of study";
   - facultative
    
2. Subject to popular election
   "elective official";
   - elected

1. A course that the student can select from among alternatives
   - elective course

Derived forms: electives

See also: electoral, nonappointive, optional

Type of: class, course, course of instruction, course of study

Encyclopedia: Elective