elect (verb)
1elect — ► VERB 1) choose (someone) to hold public office or another position by voting. 2) opt for or choose to do something. ► ADJECTIVE 1) chosen or singled out. 2) elected to a position but not yet in office: the President Elect. DERIVATIVES electable …
2elect — vt 1: to select by vote for an office, position, or membership 2: to make a selection of elect ed her statutory share over the gift under the will vi: to choose an elective share the right of a spouse to elect against the will …
3elect — verb 1) a new president was elected Syn: vote in, vote for, return, cast one s vote for, choose, pick, select 2) she elected to stay behind Syn: choose, decide, opt, prefer …
4elect — Verb: To make a choice. To select a person for office by a majority or a plurality of votes. State ex rel. Cook v Doss, 102 W Va 162, 134 SE 749. Noun: A person elected to public office but awaiting inauguration or installation. See appoint;… …
5elect — The conversion of a conditional order into a market order. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. elect elect 2 adjective chairman/president elect a person who has been elected to a particular job but has not yet started doing it: • the… …
6elect — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin electus, past participle of eligere to select, from e + legere to choose more at legend Date: 15th century 1. carefully selected ; chosen 2. chosen for salvation through divine mercy 3. a. chosen …
7elect — [[t]ɪle̱kt[/t]] ♦♦ elects, electing, elected 1) VERB When people elect someone, they choose that person to represent them, by voting for them. [V n] The people of the Philippines have voted to elect a new president... [V n n] Manchester College… …
8elect — I UK [ɪˈlekt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms elect : present tense I/you/we/they elect he/she/it elects present participle electing past tense elected past participle elected *** to choose someone by voting so that they represent you or hold… …
9elect — e|lect1 [ ı lekt ] verb transitive *** to choose someone by voting so that they represent you or hold an official position: Every nation should have a right to elect their own government. elect someone to do something: We were elected to tackle… …
10elect — 1 /I lekt/ verb 1 (T) to choose someone for an official position by voting: the country s first democratically elected government | elect sb to: She was elected to Parliament in 1978. | elect sb president/mayor etc: Ronald Reagan was first… …
