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New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
selectiveness
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selectiveness — index particularity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
selectiveness — selective ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to or involving selection. 2) tending to choose carefully. 3) (of a process or agent) affecting some things and not others. DERIVATIVES selectively adverb selectiveness noun selectivity noun … English terms dictionary
selectiveness — See selectively. * * * … Universalium
selectiveness — noun The state of being selective; discernment … Wiktionary
selectiveness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The ability to distinguish, especially to recognize small differences or draw fine distinctions: discrimination, refinement, selectivity. See PRECISE … English dictionary for students
selectiveness — n. state of being picky, choosiness; state of being selective … English contemporary dictionary
selectiveness — se·lec·tive·ness … English syllables
selectiveness — tivnə̇s, tēv also təv noun ( es) : the act or process of being selective … Useful english dictionary
Education in Coimbra — Since early ages, Coimbra developed into an important cultural centre, firstly due to the school founded in 1131 in the Santa Cruz Monastery, essential on medieval times and a meeting point for the intellectual and power elites, where famous… … Wikipedia
selective — adjective Date: 1625 1. of, relating to, or characterized by selection ; selecting or tending to select 2. highly specific in activity or effect < selective pesticides > < selective absorption > • selectively adverb • selectiveness noun • … New Collegiate Dictionary
