Elect

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To select by vote for an office or for membership.
  • v. To pick out; select: elect an art course.
  • v. To decide, especially by preference: elected to take the summer off.
  • v. To select by divine will for salvation. Used of God.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a choice or selection.
  • adj. Chosen deliberately; singled out.
  • adj. Elected but not yet installed. Often used in combination: the governor-elect.
  • adj. Chosen for marriage. Often used in combination: the bride-elect.
  • adj. Selected by divine will for salvation.
  • n. One that is chosen or selected.
  • n. One selected by divine will for salvation.
  • n. An exclusive group of people. Used with the: one of the elect who have power inside the government.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. (theology) In Calvinist theology, those foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies: someone chosen by God for salvation
  • v. To choose or make a decision (to do something)
  • v. To choose (a candidate) in an election
  • adj. Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
  • adj. Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.
  • adj. Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it
  • n. One chosen or set apart.
  • n. Those who are chosen for salvation.
  • v. To pick out; to select; to choose.
  • v. To select or take for an office; to select by vote.
  • v. To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To pick out; select from among a number; specifically, in theology, to select, especially as an object of divine mercy or favor. See election, 6.
  • Hence To select for an office or employment by a majority or plurality (according to agreement) of votes; choose by ballot or any similar method: as, to elect a representative or a senator; to elect a president or mayor.
  • To choose; prefer; determine in favor of.
  • Synonyms Select, Prefer, etc. See choose.
  • Chosen; selected from among a number; taken in preference to others; specifically, in theology, chosen as the special objects of mercy or divine favor; chosen to eternal life.
  • Chosen to an office, as by vote, but not yet inaugurated, consecrated, or invested with office: in this sense usually after the noun: as, governor or mayor electricity
  • Of such a nature as to merit choice or preference; noble; exalted.
  • A person or persons chosen or set apart; one or more selected for a particular service or honor.
  • Those who are chosen by God to eternal life.
  • An abbreviation of electric and electricity.
  • n. An abbreviation of electrical;
  • n. of the Latin electuarium, electuary.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. choose
  • n. an exclusive group of people
  • adj. selected as the best
  • adj. elected but not yet installed in office
  • v. select by a vote for an office or membership
  • Equivalent
    selected    incoming   
    Antonym
    reprobate   
    Verb Form
    elected    electic    electing    electively    elects   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pick out    select    take    choose    elite group    élite   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    chosen    select    prefer    choose    chooser    return    predestinate    predestinated   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brecht    Hecht    Select    affect    bedecked    checked    collect    confect    connect    correct   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bicameral    semi-sacred    septennial    unmake    84-year-old    someiraqi    54th    remonstrant    untypical    stipendiary