I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
elective surgery formal (= surgery that is not necessary, but you choose to have )
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There are often long waiting times for elective surgery.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
dictatorship
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Lord Hailsham spoke of elective dictatorship .
office
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It has been estimated that there are approximately 1 million elective offices to be filled.
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In his pursuit of elective office it looked like a long wait in 1934.
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Candidates found guilty of malpractice were liable to be disenfranchised and banned from holding elective office for 10 years.
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Last year the court voted 5-4 to strike down state-imposed term limits for federal elective office holders.
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The council also reviews candidates for elective office .
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Most of them hold an elective office .
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Forbes, 48, a multimillionaire funding his presidential bid with his own money, has never held elective office .
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As the story unfolds, first Axel and then Alec come to wield extraordinary power in Washington without running for elective office .
surgery
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The hospital delayed elective surgeries , but the day otherwise went smoothly, a spokeswoman said.
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Diagnostic tests and elective surgeries may be postponed or ordered less frequently.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the story unfolds, first Axel and then Alec come to wield extraordinary power in Washington without running for elective office.
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Create a first-year elective course on social justice, including public interest law and race.
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Forbes, 48, a multimillionaire funding his presidential bid with his own money, has never held elective office.
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I would just hope that everybody understands we do not support this procedure as an elective measure.
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It is sad that Park and colleagues have not understood the logical and moral basis of elective ventilation.
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The patient was then enrolled into a programme of elective longterm prophylactic sclerotherapy.
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This finding supports the view that chemotherapy should be the elective treatment in this group.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A mixed group of students would be catered for by placing greater emphasis on electives.
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Or is this just another blow-off elective , designed to pad the students' schedules?
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This class is an elective , and so I chose it, and I chose to come.