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Synonyms for ELECT
ɪˈlɛktelect
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
elect
Prefer indicates a state of desire and approval; choose, an act of will. Prudence or generosity may lead one to choose what he does not prefer. Select implies a careful consideration of the reasons for preference and choice. Among objects so nearly alike that we have no reason to prefer any one to another we may simply choose the nearest, but we could not be said to select it. Aside from theology, elect is popularly confined to the political sense; as, a free people elect their own rulers. Cull, from the Latin colligere, commonly means to collect, as well as to select. In a garden we cull the choicest flowers.
Synonyms:
choose, cull, pick, pick out, prefer, selectAntonyms:
cast away, cast out, decline, disclaim, dismiss, leave, refuse, reject, repudiate, throw asidePreposition:
Choose from or from among the number; choose out of the army; choose between (or betwixt) two; among many; choose for the purpose.
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Princeton's WordNet
chosen, electadjective
an exclusive group of people
"one of the elect who have power inside the government"
Antonyms:
outgoing, unselectedelect, eliteadjective
selected as the best
"an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"
Synonyms:
elect(ip), elect, eliteAntonyms:
unselected, outgoingelect(ip)verb
elected but not yet installed in office
"the president elect"
Antonyms:
unselected, outgoingelectverb
select by a vote for an office or membership
"We elected him chairman of the board"
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unselected, outgoingelectverb
choose
"I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"
Antonyms:
outgoing, unselected
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#453 | select | |
#892 | choose | |
#1178 | choice | |
#1752 | accepted | |
#2096 | pick | |
#2198 | election | |
#3519 | chosen | |
#3957 | elections | |
#4275 | elected | |
#4351 | prefer | |
#5182 | elite | |
#5841 | opt | |
#9193 | elect | |
#9503 | electoral | |
#28844 | elects | |
#41879 | cull |
How to use ELECT in a sentence?
We are very much looking forward to the opportunity President-elect has to lead the way on protecting privacy, and bring the tech companies abusing privacy practices to account, we need regulators that protect consumers, workers, and communities of color against predatory surveillance and privacy malpractice - and represent the interests of the people, not corporations.
Labour Party member Chuka Umunna:
Let's live in a one-party state, let's just elect one government and have them forever, because that's what democracy said at one point in time.
The only work of the Assembly of Experts should not be to elect the Leader, god willing, the leader of the revolution will be alive for many years. But they need to do their own work, to enquire and probe and inspect.
Glenn Youngkin.I-95 in Virginia:
Declaring a state of emergency now allows our emergency responders to prepare, and to move supplies and equipment where they expect to need them the most, this also gives Governor-elect Youngkin the ability to respond to any storm needs swiftly.
The peaceful transfer of power is the cornerstone of President Obama and Hillary Clinton democracy, i congratulate President-elect Donald Trump and Donald Trump family, and pray for Donald Trump success.
Translations for ELECT
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- избирам, решавам, спирам се на, избранBulgarian
- volitCzech
- vælgeDanish
- wählen, gewählt, entscheidenGerman
- elektiEsperanto
- elegirSpanish
- tuleva, valita, vastavalittu, päättääFinnish
- décider, élire, élu, choisirFrench
- taghScottish Gaelic
- elixirGalician
- teih, reihManx
- választHungarian
- ընտրելArmenian
- eleggereItalian
- 選ぶ, 選挙Japanese
- pōtiMāori
- valgtNorwegian
- valtNorwegian Nynorsk
- valgtNorwegian
- wybierać, postanowićPolish
- eleger, eleitoPortuguese
- hotărî, alegeRomanian
- избрать, избирать, выбрать, выбирать, избранныйRussian
- vald, väljaSwedish
- uteuziSwahili
- tân cửVietnamese
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