It is said that there will be an election soon.
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Election
/ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/
Synonyms for "election" (109 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (33)
choicechoosingclosed primaryco-optationco-optionconfermentcongressional electionconsecrationcontested electioncoronationdecisiondelegationdeputationdesignationdeterminismdirect primarydrutherselectingempowermentfatalism
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first choicefree choicefree willgeneral electionholy ordersinductioninstallationinstitutioninvestiture
Noun(4 words)
Related words (54)
legitimate successionmajor ordersmandatory primaryminor ordersnominationnonpartisan primaryopen primaryoptionoptional primaryordainmentorderordersordinationpartisan electionpickplebiscitepolitical electionpollpredestinarianismpredeterminism
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preferencepreference primaryprefermentpreoptionpresentationpresidential electionpresidential preference primarypresidential primaryprimaryprimary electionreading inreferendumrunoffrunoff electionrunoff primaryseizureselectionsuccessiontaking overthe pickusurpationvolitionvotevotingwill
Adjective(2 words)
political eventtribal council elections
Related word relations
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More general
17 entrieschoicecivic engagementforeordinationgroup decisioninternal processoptionpickpolitical activitypolitical eventpositionpredestinationpredeterminationpreordinationprocessselectionstatus
Showing 16 of 17 words.
More specific
12 entriescampaign speechclass president electionclub electiondebatefinal tallygeneral electionprimary electionrallyreferendumresults summarystudent council electionvote tally
Collocations
6 entrieselection dayelection resultsfederal electiongeneral electionlocal electionprimary election
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 19 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ընտրություն noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Bulgarian
2 entries- и́збор noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
- изби́ране noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Catalan
1 entries- elecció noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 選任 /选任 noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
- 選出 /选出 noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Danish
1 entries- valg noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Esperanto
1 entries- elektado noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Finnish
2 entries- valinta noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
- valinta vaaleilla noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
French
1 entries- élection noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Greek
1 entries- εκλογή noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Japanese
2 entries- 選任 noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
- 選出 noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- ileison noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Korean
2 entries- 선임 noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
- 선출 noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Polish
1 entries- wybór noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Portuguese
1 entries- eleição noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Romanian
3 entries- alegere noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
- desemnare noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
- selecție noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Russian
1 entries- избра́ние noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Spanish
1 entries- elección noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Swedish
1 entries- val noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Tagalog
3 entries- botohan noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
- eleksiyon noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
- halalan noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Election returns were what we had expected.
Source: tatoeba (22044)
Mary felt happy when she learned the results of the election.
Source: tatoeba (31909)
There is little, if any, hope that Tom will win the election.
Source: tatoeba (37404)
Showing 4 of 20 available sentences.