elective
/ɪˈlɛktɪv/
adjective
- Related to or involving a choice; not required or mandatory.
- Many students choose elective courses to explore new interests outside their major.
- The school offers several elective classes like photography and creative writing.
- She decided to have elective surgery to fix her knee, even though it wasn't urgent.
- Chosen or filled by election (as in a political position).
- In a democracy, most leadership roles are elective positions.
- The board members serve in an elective capacity, voted in by the shareholders.
- The president is an elective office, not an appointed one.
noun
- A course or subject that a student can choose to take, as opposed to a required one.
- His favorite elective was a class on film history.
- I signed up for an elective in astronomy because I love space.
- She needed two more electives to complete her degree.