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Elective

Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act.

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Optional 84% connected

Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Optional 84% connected

Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Elect 74% connected

Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Elect 74% connected

Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Democratic 66% connected

Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Democratic 66% connected

Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.

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Elected 92% connected

of Elect

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Course of instruction noun · 85% connection

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college class…

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Course of study noun · 85% connection

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college class…

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Orientation noun · 84% connection

a course introducing a new situation or environment

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Propaedeutic noun · 84% connection

a course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally)

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Propaedeutics noun · 84% connection

a course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally)

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Refresher noun · 84% connection

a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments

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Seminar noun · 84% connection

a course offered for a small group of advanced students

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Shop noun · 84% connection

a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity); "I built a birdhouse in shop"

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Workshop noun · 84% connection

a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving

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Academic program noun · 78% connection

(education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education)

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Didactics noun · 78% connection

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruc…

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Education noun · 78% connection

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruc…

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Educational activity noun · 78% connection

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruc…

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Instruction noun · 78% connection

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruc…

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Pedagogy noun · 78% connection

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruc…

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Teaching noun · 78% connection

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruc…

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Computer program noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…

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Computer programme noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…

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Agency noun · 78% connection

The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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Alternative noun · 78% connection

Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are call…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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Bibliomancy noun · 78% connection

A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future even…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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Capstan noun · 78% connection

A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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Choice noun · 78% connection

the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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CLI noun · 78% connection

a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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Command line interface noun · 78% connection

a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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Conventionalizw verb · 78% connection

To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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Creative adjective · 78% connection

Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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Delivery noun · 78% connection

The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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Draff noun · 78% connection

A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any com…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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Draught noun · 78% connection

The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2)

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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Eclectic adjective · 78% connection

Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosop…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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Election noun · 78% connection

the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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Energetical adjective · 78% connection

Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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Excerption noun · 78% connection

The act of excerpting or selecting.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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Exertion noun · 78% connection

The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or per…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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Forceful adjective · 78% connection

Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exerting, power, choice, selecting.
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