Definition: 1. Tending to select; characterized by careful choice. 2. Characterized by very careful or fastidious selection.
Use 'selective' in a sentence:
1. The third chapter makes a selective analysis on relationships between urban development and economic development.
2. Mr Isaac’s account is selective.
3. Development of Selective Leak Electricity Protection Device in High-voltage Power Network.
4. Perspicacity includes selective code, selective comparing and selective combining.
5. Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are, the more selective you become.
6. Nearly all application materials are submitted online, and the Common Application provides a one-size-fits form accepted by more than 400 schools, including the nation's most selective.
7. This article selective analysis to enterprise inspection work understanding and ponder.
8. Generally the channel is both frequency selective and time selective.
9. We tested the quantity of fluoride in tea leaves by separately using fluorinion selective electrode and the ion chromatographys.
10. Yet, she noted, many young people are especially risk averse at school — afraid that one low test score or mediocre grade could cost them a spot at a selective university.
11. Logging in tropical forests is selective but the timber cutters usually prioritise the biggest and oldest trees.
12. Study on the density of forestry road network for selective cutting system.
13. Be more selective, too.
14. The wavelength-selective properties of the cavity are also given.
15. She noted, many young people are especially risk averse at school—afraid that one low test score or mediocre grade could cost them a spot at a selective university.
16. A well-known study examined students who got into highly selective schools and then went elsewhere.
17. If the ratio is low, the index is highly selective.
18. An Efficient Analysis for Frequency Selective Surfaces Using Equivalent Circuit Model.
19. By and large, Australia still prefers British migrants, and tends to be rather less selective in their case than it is with others.
20. Study of the selective maintenance system for ship machinery equipment.
21. Selective learning and adaptation.
22. The curriculum theory lacks to the curriculum selective research.
23. Be selective in who you work with.
24. If public figures seek publicity to further their careers, they can't be selective about it.
25. A Study on the Selective Mechanism of the Managers in the State-owned Enterprises.
26. By using selective ion scanning method, the sensitivity has been improved.
27. If pop singers have got voice problems, they really need to be more selective about where they work.
28. These fulfillment problems seem to be under control now, but the company is still selective about its distributors.
29. Analysis and Comparison of Several Advanced Fault Line Selective Methods in Small Current Grounding Power System.
30. Selective adaptations over time are one thing.
31. One study found that, other things being equal, graduates of highly selective schools experienced more job dissatisfaction.
32. The Washington Post reported on a recent study by Princeton economists, in which college graduates, who applied to the most selective schools in the 12th grade were compared to those who applied to slightly less selective schools.
33. A team of researchers trained three Rhesus monkeys to associate 26 clearly different symbols consisting of numbers and selective letters with 0-25 drops of water or juice as a reward ．
34. We seem to have a selective memory for the best bits of the past.
35. A study of the clinical application of ipsilateral selective C 7 transfer.
36. The recent trend toward early decision and early action among selective colleges and universities has pushed the traditional deadline of January up to Nov.
37. Now, most colleges, save for many selective campuses, allow all undergraduates, and even graduate students, to get their low grades forgiven.
38. Yet, she noted, many young people are especially unwilling to take risks at school afraid that one low test score or poor grade could cost them a spot at a selective university.
39. At first the kitten might scratch at the bars, push at the ceiling, dig at the floor, howl, etc.
40. On the other hand, about 30 percent of the kittens were found to have an “ insecure attachment style, ” which means their stress levels did not decrease upon their person's return to the room.
41. They had drowned the unwanted kittens.
42. To avoid further damage to the manuscript, the research team at the art museum has had to be extremely selective in the techniques they used to see the original writing.
43. The kittens look exactly alike ─ how can you tell which is which?
44. We get such a dramatic vision of that in the next episode that follows, the episode of the kitten.
45. Misophonia, also known as selective sound sensitivity syndrome, starts with a trigger.
46. Using methods like electron beam melting or selective laser sintering.
47. A southeast-facing entrance per se thus seems to be the specific nest feature preferred by females, rather than the effect of selective positioning on current at the nest entrance.
48. According to Woolf, browsing through used books gives you the chance to stumble upon something that wouldn't have risen to the attention of librarians and booksellers, who are often much more selective in curating their collections than secondhand bookstore owners. 4.
49. On two measures—professors' feedback and the number of essay exams—selective schools do slightly worse.
50. Sales still happen, but buyers are more selective.
51. The kitten was black with white front paws and a white splotch on her chest.
52. From somewhere, the kitten mewed.
53. The kitten wormed its way through the just-open door.
54. Not all colleges offer merit aid; generally, the more selective a school is, the less likely it is to do so.
55. Don't starve the kitten.
56. By some studies, selective schools do enhance their graduates' lifetime earnings.
57. They condemned the white paper as a charter for centralisation and selective education.
58. Mr Robins, suffering from selective amnesia about his role in the affair, was contradicted in nearly every instance by other witnesses.
59. Their admissions policy is very selective.
60. You will have to be selective about which information to include in the report.
61. There is potential for selective breeding for better yields.
62. "It's not only the selective and elite institutions that provide those opportunities for a small subset of this population," Rubinoff said, adding that a majority of first-generation undergraduates tend toward options such as online programs, two-year colleges, and commuter state schools.
63. Selective schools don't systematically employ better instructional approaches than less selective schools.
64. Selective breeding may result in a greyhound running faster and seeing better than a wolf.
