{
    "term": "selective",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "affecting or involving only a small number of people or things from a larger group",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the selective breeding of cattle"
                },
                {
                    "text": "selective strike action"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the socially selective nature of population changes"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "tending to be careful about what or who you choose",
            "sensetop": "selective (about/in something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You will have to be selective about which information to include in the report."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their admissions policy is very selective."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a selective school *(= one that chooses which children to admit, especially according to ability)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of the girls are extremely selective in their choice of boyfriends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The human memory is notoriously selective."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "in"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪˈlektɪv/",
                "audio": "se/selective/selective__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪˈlektɪv/",
                "audio": "se/selective/selective__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}