- [usually before noun] affecting or involving only a small number of people or things from a larger group
- the selective breeding of cattle
- selective strike action
- the socially selective nature of population changes
- selective (about/in something) tending to be careful about what or who you choose
- You will have to be selective about which information to include in the report.
- Their admissions policy is very selective.
- a selective school (= one that chooses which children to admit, especially according to ability)
Extra Examples- Most of the girls are extremely selective in their choice of boyfriends.
- The human memory is notoriously selective.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- in
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