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election Definition

elec·tion (ē lek′s̸hən, i-)

noun

  1. a choosing or choice
    1. a choosing or being chosen for office by vote
    2. a voting, as in a municipality, on some proposition, issue, etc.
  3. Theol. the selection by God of certain people for salvation and eternal life

Etymology: ME eleccioun < OFr election < L electio, a choice, in LL(Ec), the election of believers: see elect

election Synonyms

election

n.

  1. The act of choosing

    option, choice, preference; see choice 1, selection 1.

  2. The act of choosing by votes

    poll, polls, ballot, balloting, ticket, vote, voting, voice vote, vote-casting, primaries, hustings (British), suffrage, plebiscite, referendum, franchise, elective franchise, constitutional right, yea or nay.

election Law Definition

n

The process by which an individual is chosen to occupy a public office, or, in some cases, a private one (such as a director serving on a corporate board); in litigation, the making of a choice among remedies, whereby the selection of one may preclude the use of others; in estate law, a choice between inheriting under a will, and pursuing a legal remedy other than as provided in the will. See also elective share.

election Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • win: I'm sure we'll win the next election now!
  • contest: But if Respect does contest the election and performs worse than 2.4 % then this will be a very sobering reality check.

Adjective modifier

  • presidential: The Lancet study was released in the run-up to the November 2004 presidential election.
  • parliamentary: The next European Parliamentary Elections are due in 2009.
  • general: We have started to work toward victory in the next general election.
  • forthcoming: The parties agreed to meet again following the forthcoming general election.
  • European: The next European Parliamentary Elections are due in 2009.
  • next: I'm sure we'll win the next election now!

Modifies a noun

  • manifesto: At a certain stage we have to accept that the debates about the next election manifesto are over.
  • campaign: Tony Blair's slogan during the election campaign was " the work goes on " .
  • victory: Hamas made sweeping gains in these elections last year which prepared the way for its election victory last week.
  • turnout: The effect was the lowest election turnout of my political life.
  • result: In the end, of course, the timing will depend on the election result ⦠.

Preposition: by

landslide: Labor, the party of the working classes, won the 1945 election by a landslide; its first truly significant victory.

Noun used with modifier

  • mid-term: But did nothing about the story, which could seriously affect the upcoming mid-term elections and cost the Republicans control of Congress.
  • landslide: We have just suffered our second successive landslide election defeat.
  • council: Merton Council Elections - Questionnaire 2006 Merton's council elections take place this coming Thursday, 4th May.
  • assembly: Single transferable vote STV is used in the Republic of Ireland and for local and assembly elections in Northern Ireland.
  • leadership: Interesting day on the Beeb with only a couple of weeks to go to polling in the Lib Dems leadership election.