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How to pronounce “elective”
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Pronunciation guide for elective
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of elective with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Bootstrap: Scalable Computer Science
It's an elective that kids can choose.
- Definition summary
- Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.[1]
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce elective
Bootstrap: Scalable Computer Science

It's an elective that kids can choose.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “elective”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.[1]
- Open to choice; freely chosen; (also, usually) unnecessary; minor.
- (US health care system, technical) Scheduled and nonemergent (regardless of whether necessary or unnecessary and whether minor or serious).[2]
- [Noun]
- Something that is an option or may be freely chosen, especially a course of study.
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