elect
to choose or select by vote, as for an office: to elect a mayor.
to determine in favor of (a method, course of action, etc.).
to pick out; choose: First-year students may elect French, Spanish, or German.
Theology. (of God) to select for divine mercy or favor, especially for salvation.
to choose or select someone or something, as by voting.
selected, as for an office, but not yet inducted (usually used in combination following a noun): the governor-elect.
select or choice: an elect circle of artists.
Theology. chosen by God, especially for eternal life.
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
Theology. a person or persons chosen by God, especially for favor or salvation.
Origin of elect
1synonym study For elect
Other words from elect
- e·lec·tee [ih-lek-tee], /ɪ lɛkˈti/, noun
- non·e·lect, noun
- pre·e·lect, verb (used with object)
- re·e·lect, verb (used with object)
Words Nearby elect
Other definitions for elect. (2 of 2)
electric.
electrical.
electrician.
electricity.
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How to use elect in a sentence
They are still on Pennsylvania's ballot, but Democrats have appealed a lower court's decision to the state Supreme Court, where their party has elected a majority of the justices.
While most are partisan elected officials, they are expected to carry out policies that benefit everyone.
No Democrats Allowed: A Conservative Lawyer Holds Secret Voter Fraud Meetings With State Election Officials | by Mike Spies, Jake Pearson and Jessica Huseman | September 15, 2020 | ProPublicaDemocratic US presidential candidate Joe Biden has promised to make “the largest-ever investment in clean energy research and innovation” if he is elected.
To confront the climate crisis, the US should launch a National Energy Innovation Mission | Amy Nordrum | September 15, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe chef is focused on advocating for the industry with elected officials, pushing for government assistance, and trying to create solidarity within the sector.
Momofuku’s David Chang on the big changes the restaurant industry needs to make to survive | Beth Kowitt | September 14, 2020 | FortuneCalifornia finished the year without passing major police and housing reforms but with plenty of demand that elected officials go back and complete what they started.
Morning Report: Oceanside Reboots Top Cop Search | Voice of San Diego | September 14, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
The governor-elect, Attorney General Greg Abbott, accepted more than $6.8 million.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired. | David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd Montana and South Dakota are basically red, of course, but are both elect Democrats sometimes.
Black Republican members-elect include Mia Love of Utah and Will Hurd of Texas.
In Georgia, Senator-elect David Perdue likewise garnered more than 40 percent of the Latino vote.
In a large society, there is just no way, no theoretical way, to choose, to elect, normal people.
Is It Time to Take a Chance on Random Representatives? | Michael Schulson | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
Physiology of The Opera | John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")When her marital relation ends she may elect to retain her marital or her original citizenship.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesAnd except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
His Last Week | William E. BartonEven if you elect to be the leader of fashion in San Francisco, your equipment need not be of unadulterated steel.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonEach of these districts was asked to elect two Burgesses as representatives in their local government.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. Torpey
British Dictionary definitions for elect
/ (ɪˈlɛkt) /
(tr) to choose (someone) to be (a representative or a public official) by voting: they elected him Mayor
to select; choose: to elect to die rather than surrender
(tr) (of God) to select or predestine for the grace of salvation
(immediately postpositive) voted into office but not yet installed: the president elect
chosen or choice; selected or elite
(as collective noun; preceded by the): the elect
Christianity
selected or predestined by God to receive salvation; chosen
(as collective noun; preceded by the): the elect
Origin of elect
1Derived forms of elect
- electable, adjective
- electability, noun
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