elective

elective englannista suomeksi

1. valinnainen

2. äänestys-, vaali-, vaaleilla valittava

3. valinnainen kurssi

1. äänestys / äänestys-, vaali / vaali-

2. valinnainen

2. Substantiivi

elective englanniksi

1. (senseid) Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.(w), ''An English Dictionary,'' London: Peter Parker, 1677: “''Elective,'' belonging or subject to ''Election''.”http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A33754.0001.001

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2. 1697, (w), ''The Works of Virgil (..) translated into English Verse,'' London: Jacob Tonson, dedicatory preface to the Marquess of Normanby,http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A65112.0001.001

For his Conscience could not but whisper to the Arbitrary Monarch, that the Kings of ''Rome'' were at first Elective, and Govern’d not without a Senate:

3. {{quote-book|en|year=1782|author=William Cowper|chapter=The Progress of Error|title=Poems,|location=London|publisher=J. Johnson|page=43|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004792651.0001.000

4. {{quote-book|en|year=1854|author=George Bancroft|title=History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the American Continent,|location=Boston|publisher=Little, Brown|volume=6|chapter=35|page=185|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistoryuniteds02bancgoog/page/n210/mode/1up?q=elective

5. {{quote-book|en|year=1860|author=Walt Whitman|title=Leaves of Grass|location=Boston|publisher=Thayer and Eldridge|chapter=Proto-Leaf|page=21|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112005689754&view=1up&seq=27&q1=elective

6. 1896, (w), “The South African Question” in ''Speeches and Writings of M. K. Gandhi,'' Madras: G.A. Natesan, 3rd edition, 1922, p.(nbs)6,https://archive.org/details/cu31924023968757/page/n91/mode/1up?q=%22elective+representative%22

bill says that no natives of countries (not of European origin) which have not hitherto possessed elective representative institutions (..) shall be placed on the voters roll (..)

7. (senseid) Open to choice; freely chosen; unnecessary; minor.

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8. {{quote-text|en|year=1654|author=Thomas Hobbes|title=Of Libertie and Necessitie|location=London|publisher=F. Eaglesfield|pages=12–13|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A44006.0001.001

9. 1782, (w), ''(w),'' London: T. Payne & Son, and T. Cadell, Volume(nbs)5, Book(nbs)9, Chapter(nbs)8, pp.(nbs)160-161,http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004865984.0001.005

“You know not then,” said Cecilia, in a faint voice, “my inability to comply?”

“Your ability, or inability, I presume are elective?”

“Oh no!—my power is lost!—my fortune itself is gone!”

10. {{quote-text|en|year=2001|author=Nadine Gordimer|title=The Pickup|url=https://archive.org/details/pickup00nadi/page/23/mode/1up?q=elective|page=23|publisher=Viking|location=Toronto

11. {{quote-text|en|year=2013|author=Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie|title=Americanah|url=https://archive.org/details/americanah00chim/page/346/mode/1up?q=elective|chapter=38|page=346|publisher=Knopf|location=New York

12. {{quote-text|en|year=2019|author=Dave Eggers|title=The Parade|page=130|publisher=Vintage|location=New York

13. (senseid) Scheduled and nonemergent (ngd).

14. (quote-journal ) doctors warned that thousands of patients were suffering as a result of delayed elective procedures such as hernia repair and spinal fusion. (..) Nitin Yerram, director of urological oncology at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, said most cancer surgeries are considered elective, a term that's often misunderstood. "We tend to think more of tummy tucks and cosmetic surgery," Yerram said. "However, all ‘elective’ means is it's a scheduled surgery with work-up done before that. The opposite of elective is emergent or trauma situation, such as a car crash, where it's not a scheduled procedure."

15. Something that is an option or may be freely chosen, especially a course of study.