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election

noun
/ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/US/əˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/

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.

  1. derived from eleccioun
  2. inherited from eleccioun

Definitions

  1. A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other…

    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.

    • W-4 election
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Any conscious choice.

      • Whosoever searcheth all the circumstances and embraceth all the consequences thereof hindereth his election.
      • To use men with much difference and election is good.

    2. In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.

      • [H]e [Paul] laboureth to comfort Timothy vvith the remembrance of the ſtedfaſtneſs of Gods eternal decree of Election, becauſe grounded on his foreknowledge; […]

    3. Those who are elected.

      • The election hath obtained it.

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Derived

antielection, byelection, by-election, e-election, election campaign, electioneer, electioneering, electionless, electionlike, election night, electionspeak, election threshold, khaki election, midterm election, nonelection, postelection, pre-election, preelection, pseudoelection, pseudo-election, re-election, reelection, special election, subelection, sweat like a nigger on election day, unconditional election, unelection, wave election

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at election. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at election. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at election

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