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exhaustive
English
Etymology
From exhaust +? -ive.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???z??.st?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /???z?.st?v/
Adjective
exhaustive (comparative more exhaustive, superlative most exhaustive)
- Including every possible element
- Synonyms: all-encompassing, thorough
- Fully comprehensive
- (now rare) Causing exhaustion; very tiring
- 1878, John Henry Blunt, The Reformation of the Church of England: A. D. 1514-1547 (page 98)
- Wolsey saw in what imminent peril the revenues of the Church were from the exhaustive squandering and grasping covetousness of the Court.
- Synonyms: tiring, weariful
- 1878, John Henry Blunt, The Reformation of the Church of England: A. D. 1514-1547 (page 98)
Synonyms
- (including every possible element): see also Thesaurus:comprehensive
- (causing exhaustion): see also Thesaurus:fatiguing
Derived terms
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.zos.tiv/
- Homophone: exhaustives
Adjective
exhaustive
- feminine singular of exhaustif
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selective
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??l?kt?v/
- Rhymes: -?kt?v
Adjective
selective (comparative more selective, superlative most selective)
- Of or relating to the process of selection. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (biology) Of or relating to natural selection.
- selective pressure
- (of a person) choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.
- He's very selective and spent hours in the store choosing a new shirt.
- (chiefly US, not comparable) Having the authority or capability to make a selection.
- In the USA, military conscription is controlled by the Selective Service.
Derived terms
- selectively
- selectiveness
Related terms
- select
- selectivity
Translations
References
- “selective” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
- cleveites, electives
selective From the web:
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- what selectively permeable mean
- what selective breeding
- what selective permeability
- what selective service means
- what selective service system
- what selective mean
- what selective memory
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