We will elect whoever we believe is worthy.
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Elect
//ɪˈlɛkt//
Synonyms for "elect" (147 found)
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Strong matches (44)
Related words (73)
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6 entriesAntonyms
10 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesderived
16 entriesdistinct from
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1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
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4 entriesTranslations
142 translations across 55 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- αἱρέομαι verb (to choose in election)
- προχειρίζομαι verb (to choose in election)
- χειροτονέω verb (to choose in election)
- ἀρχαιρεσίαζω verb (to choose in election)
Arabic
2 entries- انتخب verb (to choose in election)
- اِنْتَخَبَ verb (to choose in election)
Armenian
2 entries- ընտրել verb (to choose or make decision)
- ընտրել verb (to choose in election)
Aromanian
2 entries- aleg verb (to choose or make decision)
- aleg verb (to choose in election)
Belarusian
4 entries- абра́ць verb (to choose in election)
- абіра́ць verb (to choose in election)
- вы́браць verb (to choose in election)
- выбіра́ць verb (to choose in election)
Bulgarian
4 entries- избран adj (who has been elected)
- избраник noun (One chosen or set apart)
- избирам verb (to choose in election)
- решавам, спирам се на verb (to choose or make decision)
Catalan
1 entries- elegir verb (to choose in election)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 選 /选 verb (to choose in election)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 選擇 /选择 verb (to choose or make decision)
- 選舉 /选举 verb (to choose in election)
Czech
1 entries- volit verb (to choose in election)
Danish
4 entries- udvalgt adj (who has been elected)
- valgt adj (who has been elected)
- vælge verb (to choose or make decision)
- vælge verb (to choose in election)
Dutch
3 entries- kiezen verb (to choose or make decision)
- uitkiezen verb (to choose or make decision)
- verkiezen verb (to choose in election)
Esperanto
2 entries- elekti verb (to choose or make decision)
- elekti verb (to choose in election)
Finnish
4 entries- tuleva adj (who has been elected)
- vastavalittu adj (who has been elected)
- päättää verb (to choose or make decision)
- valita verb (to choose or make decision)
French
4 entries- élu adj (who has been elected)
- élu noun (One chosen or set apart)
- élu noun (One chosen by God)
- élue noun (One chosen or set apart)
Galician
3 entries- electo adj (who has been elected)
- elixir verb (to choose or make decision)
- elixir verb (to choose in election)
German
4 entries- gewählt adj (who has been elected)
- entscheiden verb (to choose or make decision)
- wählen verb (to choose or make decision)
- wählen verb (to choose in election)
Greek
4 entries- εκλεγμένος adj (who has been elected)
- εκλεκτή noun (One chosen or set apart)
- εκλεκτός noun (One chosen or set apart)
- διαλέγω verb (to choose or make decision)
Gujarati
1 entries- ચૂંટવું verb (to choose in election)
Hebrew
2 entries- נבחר noun (One chosen or set apart)
- נבחר noun (One chosen by God)
Hungarian
1 entries- választ verb (to choose in election)
Ido
1 entries- elektar verb (to choose in election)
Irish
1 entries- togh verb (to choose in election)
Italian
1 entries- eleggere verb (to choose in election)
Japanese
2 entries- 選ぶ verb (to choose or make decision)
- 選挙する verb (to choose in election)
Khmer
1 entries- បោះឆ្នោត verb (to choose in election)
Korean
1 entries- 선거하다 verb (to choose in election)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ылгоо verb (to choose or make decision)
Lao
1 entries- ເລືອກຕັ້ງ verb (to choose in election)
Latin
3 entries- dīligō verb (to choose in election)
- legō verb (to choose in election)
- ēligō verb (to choose in election)
Macedonian
4 entries- избран adj (who has been elected)
- изгласа verb (to choose in election)
- изгласува verb (to choose in election)
- решава verb (to choose or make decision)
Manx
4 entries- reih verb (to choose or make decision)
- reih verb (to choose in election)
- teih verb (to choose or make decision)
- teih verb (to choose in election)
Māori
1 entries- pōti verb (to choose in election)
Norman
1 entries- êlithe verb (to choose in election)
Northern Thai
1 entries- ᩃᩮᩥᩬᨠᨲᩢ᩠᩶ᨦ verb (to choose in election)
Norwegian
1 entries- valgt adj (who has been elected)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- valgt adj (who has been elected)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- valt adj (who has been elected)
Old English
1 entries- ceosan verb (to choose or make decision)
Oromo
1 entries- filuu verb (to choose in election)
Polish
2 entries- postanowić verb (to choose or make decision)
- wybierać verb (to choose in election)
Portuguese
3 entries- eleito adj (who has been elected)
- eleger verb (to choose or make decision)
- eleger verb (to choose in election)
Romanian
3 entries- alege verb (to choose or make decision)
- alege verb (to choose in election)
- hotărî verb (to choose or make decision)
Russian
4 entries- и́збранный adj (who has been elected)
- вы́брать verb (to choose or make decision)
- вы́брать verb (to choose in election)
- выбира́ть verb (to choose or make decision)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- tagh verb (to choose or make decision)
- tagh verb (to choose in election)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- izabranica noun (One chosen or set apart)
- izabranica noun (One chosen by God)
- izabranik noun (One chosen or set apart)
- izabranik noun (One chosen by God)
Southern Altai
2 entries- ылгаар verb (to choose or make decision)
- ылгаар verb (to choose in election)
Spanish
4 entries- electo adj (who has been elected)
- elegir verb (to choose or make decision)
- elegir verb (to choose in election)
- eligir verb (to choose or make decision)
Swahili
1 entries- uteuzi adj (who has been elected)
Swedish
3 entries- vald adj (who has been elected)
- välja verb (to choose or make decision)
- välja verb (to choose in election)
Thai
1 entries- เลือกตั้ง verb (to choose in election)
Turkish
4 entries- saylamak verb (to choose or make decision)
- saylamak verb (to choose in election)
- seçmek verb (to choose or make decision)
- seçmek verb (to choose in election)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́брати verb (to choose in election)
- вибира́ти verb (to choose in election)
- обира́ти verb (to choose in election)
- обра́ти verb (to choose in election)
Vietnamese
4 entries- tân cử adj (who has been elected)
- bầu verb (to choose in election)
- bầu cử verb (to choose in election)
- tuyển cử verb (to choose in election)
Yiddish
1 entries- אױסגעקליבן adj (who has been elected)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
They agreed to elect him as president.
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In a democracy, the people elect their government officials directly.
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Our company is a small but elect venture business that assists in entry and totalling of questionnaires.
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