elect
//ɪˈlɛkt//
Forms
- Plural
- elects
- present (v1)
- elect
- past (v2)
- elected
- past participle (v3)
- elected
- present participle
- electing
- 3rd person singular
- elects
Definitions
1.One chosen or set apart.
2.In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.
- Shall not God avenge his won elect?
- Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth.
1.To choose or make a decision (to do something).
2.(Of a group) to officially select one or more candidates in an election to hold office.
- President Obama in a speech this past week said that we should solve the nation's bee problem. Oh, God, we elected a guy who sympathizes with bees?
1.Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
2.Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
- He is the President elect.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2148
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend.
Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ἐκ (ek), rather than e- (from ex).