election

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noun

1. a vote to select the winner of a position or political office (Freq. 67)
- the results of the election will be announced tonight
• Derivationally related forms:
electoral, elect
• Members of this Topic:
poll, absentee ballot, contestee, contester, public servant,
majority, absolute majority, plurality, relative majority
• Hypernyms:
vote
• Hyponyms:
reelection, general election, primary, primary election, by-election,
bye-election, runoff
2. the act of selecting someone or something;
the exercise of deliberate choice (Freq. 1)
- her election of medicine as a profession
• Derivationally related forms:
electoral
• Hypernyms:
choice, selection, option, pick
• Hyponyms:
co-option, co-optation, cumulative vote
3. the status or fact of being elected
- they celebrated his election
• Hypernyms:
status, position
4. the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
• Hypernyms:
predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination