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selective

/sɪˈlɛktɪv/

US pronunciation
American sound/sɪˈlɛktɪv/
sɪˈlɛktɪv
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

sɪ - ˈlɛktɪv -> selective

Myanmar meaning

(adj) လက်ရွေးစင်ဖြစ်သော။

Full entry

selective /sÇ'lektÇv/ adj

၁။ သီးသန့်၊ လက်ရွေး၊ ရွေးပြီး (လုပ်သော၊ ထိရောက်မှုရှိသော)။ the selective training of recruits ❍ a selective pesticide (ie one that kills certain insects only).
၂။ ~ (about sb/sth) စိစိစစ်စစ်ရှိသော။ ဇီဇာ ကျယ်သော။ ကြေးများသော။ I'm very selective about the books I read. ❍ This school is academically selective. selectively adv: The document had been selectively leaked to the press. ဒီမှတ်တမ်းထဲကရွေးနုတ်ပြီး သတင်းထောက်တွေကို လက်သိပ်ထိုး သတင်းပေးထားတယ်။
❏ selectivity /sǝlek'tÇvǝti/ n [U]
ရွေးနုတ်မှု။ A feature of such reports is their selectivity in what they mention and what they omit. ဒီ သတင်းမျိုးကတော့ သူတို့စိတ်ကြိုက် ချန်ချင်တာချန်ပြီး ထည့်ချင်တာ ထည့်ထားတာပါပဲ။

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  • Selective breeding has given us much leaner turkeys.
  • [a selective memory] : Opponents accused her of having a selective memory.
Synonyms
discriminating, discriminatory, discerning, choosy, careful, choicy, eclectic, fussy, judicious, particular, persnickety, picky, scrupulous, select
Antonyms
careless, indiscriminate, open, thoughtless, uncaring, undemanding, undiscriminating, unfussy, unscrupulous, unselective
Cross references
discriminatingdiscriminatorydiscerningchoosycarefulchoicyeclecticfussyjudiciousparticularpersnicketypickyscrupulousselectcarelessindiscriminateopenthoughtlessuncaringundemandingundiscriminatingunfussyunscrupulousunselectiveaboutandbeendocument
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