How do you use Elective in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like elected or course, plus the exact meaning.
Elective meaning
- Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.
- Open to choice; freely chosen; (also, usually) unnecessary; minor.
- Scheduled and nonemergent (regardless of whether necessary or unnecessary and whether minor or serious).
Synonyms of Elective
Using Elective
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options. | Open to choice; freely chosen; (also, usually) unnecessary; minor. | Scheduled and nonemergent (regardless of whether necessary or unnecessary and whether minor or serious).
- Useful related words include: elected, course of instruction, course of study, course.
- In the example corpus, elective often appears in combinations such as: elective surgeries, elective procedures, elective surgery.
Context around Elective
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Elective
- In this selection, "elective" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, higher, medicine, 000, surgery, option and conference stand out and add context to how "elective" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 30 000 elective procedures and and all the elective positions. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "elective" sits close to words such as benz, binge and caliber, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with elective
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An elective scope performed two months ago. (7 words)
I like systems where every office is elective including the district police chiefs. (13 words)
Both recently retired from elective politics due to ill health – the voters got sick of them. (16 words)
If the DOJ confirms that you meet the requirements for the Elective Option and approves the DON’s determination, they will notify you through your attorney (if you’re represented) of the Elective Option offer. (35 words)
And in South Africa the governments liable to do the interfering in, or deposing of, elective governments are not military juntas but themselves higher elective branches charged with responsibility to a wider set of interests. (35 words)
With the Houthi rebels targeting our ships with the decision to blow up three boats the week before he evidently decided on elective surgery, which is like saying a C-section is elective surgery. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
If the DOJ confirms that you meet the requirements for the Elective Option and approves the DON’s determination, they will notify you through your attorney (if you’re represented) of the Elective Option offer.
With the Houthi rebels targeting our ships with the decision to blow up three boats the week before he evidently decided on elective surgery, which is like saying a C-section is elective surgery.
And in South Africa the governments liable to do the interfering in, or deposing of, elective governments are not military juntas but themselves higher elective branches charged with responsibility to a wider set of interests.
Experimental treatments and elective services that are not medically necessary (such as elective plastic surgery ) are almost never covered.
There is no popular vote involved in elective monarchies, as the elective body usually consists of a small number of eligible people.
A candidate for elective local office need only have three qualifications: 1.) Be a resident of the community, 2.) Be a citizen, 3.) Be 18 years old.
Accepted students receive $2,000 to help cover housing and travel during the four-week Emergency Medicine elective.
Adamu insisted that the state is APC, urging members to remain committed and vote for APC for all the elective positions.
An elective scope performed two months ago.
At the conference, which was branded ‘illegal’ by Mutharika camp, agree to hold an elective conference this week, but the party has obtained a court order blocking the arrangement.
Both recently retired from elective politics due to ill health – the voters got sick of them.
But most also consider it likely that a woman will suffer criticism, harassment, or family problems if she runs for elective office.
Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot is one of a handful who have said they will refrain from prosecuting anyone who seeks, provides or supports an elective abortion.
Her comments follow the Minns government announcing a "surgical care task force" to report on ways to slash hospital waiting lists for elective surgery.
He said: 'Patients will understandably be worried by the prospect of further strike action by nurses - the previous two days of nurse strikes saw around 30,000 elective procedures and outpatient appointments cancelled.
I like systems where every office is elective including the district police chiefs.
In January, while addressing the ANC’s Free State elective conference, Mantashe said there was a calculated plan to make sure the energy department was removed from his custodianship.
In the primary election stage, nominated candidates contest for the three elective offices at chiefdom level.
In the quest for domination of one by the other, weaponised media and ethnicity became principal tools for self-definition and for campaign for elective franchise”.
I think the growth in the vision segment was fueled by strength in elective surgical procedures.
Common combinations with elective
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: