election
//ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n//
Forms
- Plural
- elections
Definitions
1.A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
- The parliamentary election(s) will be held in March.
- How did you vote in (UK also: at) the last election?
- That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past.
2.The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
- The election of John Smith was due to his broad appeal.
3.An option that is selected.
- Who did you vote for in the election?
4.In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.
- Who did you vote for in the election?
Frequency
Overall
Common· #620
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English eleccioun, eleccion, from Anglo-Norman eleccioun, from Latin ēlectiōn-, stem of ēlectiō (“choice, selection”), from ēligō (“to pluck out, to choose”).
Equivalent to elect + -ion.
Displaced native Old English cyre (“choice, free will, election”).