Election
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote. countable, uncountable
"The parliamentary election(s) will be held in March."
- 2 the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice wordnet
- 3 The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote. countable, uncountable
"The election of John Smith was due to his broad appeal."
- 4 a vote to select the winner of a position or political office wordnet
- 5 An option that is selected. countable, uncountable
"W-4 election"
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- 6 the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists) wordnet
- 7 Any conscious choice. archaic, countable, uncountable
"Whosoever searcheth all the circumstances and embraceth all the consequences thereof hindereth his election."
- 8 the status or fact of being elected wordnet
- 9 In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect. countable, uncountable
"[H]e [Paul] laboureth to comfort Timothy vvith the remembrance of the ſtedfaſtneſs of Gods eternal decree of Election, becauſe grounded on his foreknowledge; […]"
- 10 Those who are elected. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"The election hath obtained it."
Example
More examples"It is said that there will be an election soon."
Etymology
From Middle English eleccioun, eleccion, from Anglo-Norman eleccioun, from Latin ēlectiōn-, stem of ēlectiō (“choice, selection”), from ēligō (“I pluck out, I choose”). Equivalent to elect + -ion.
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