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Meaning of election | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n

Definitions

  1. A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
    countable, uncountable
  2. choice
  3. The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
    countable, uncountable
  4. the theological doctrine of God’s predestination of individuals as objects of divine mercy and salvation.
  5. An option that is selected.
    countable, uncountable
  6. The act of choosing:choice, option, preference, selection.
  7. Any conscious choice.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
  8. (placed immediately after noun) chosen for office but not yet in it. the president elect. gekose مُنْتَخَب، مُخْتار избран eleito budoucí zukünftig tiltrædende; designeret εκλεγμένος electo valitud, tulevane منتخب؛ برگزیده valittu futurנבחר निर्वाचित biran, izabran kijelölt bakal nÿkjörinn, verðandi eletto, nominato 未就任の (아직 취임하기 이전의) 당선된 išrinktas []vēlēts bakal gekozenutnevnt, valgt, utpekt nowo wybrany انتخابول eleito votat избранный zvolený bodoči izabran nyvald, blivande ซึ่งได้รับเลือก ...
    placed immediately after noun
  9. In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.
    countable, uncountable
  10. the choosing, or choice, (usually by vote) of person(s) for office. When do the elections take place?; He is standing for election again. verkiesing أنْتِخاب избори eleição volby die Wahl valg εκλογήelección valimised انتخاب؛ رای گیری vaali élection בְּחִירוֹת चुनाव izbor választás pemilihan kosningar elezione 選挙 선거 rinkimai vēlēšanas pilihan raya verkiezingvalgwybory انتخاب، ټاكنه (درايوپه واسطه eleição alegeri выборы voľby volitve izbori val การเลือกตั้ง seçim 選舉 вибори انتخاب کا عمل cuộc b...
    usually
  11. Those who are elected.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  12. to work to bring about the election of a candidate. stemme werf, verkiesingswerk يَسْعى لِفَوْز مُرَشَّح في الأنتِخابات агитирам fazer campanha vést volební kampaň Wahlpropaganda machen føre valgkampagne κάνω προεκλογικό αγώνα hacer campaña valimiskampaaniat läbi viima مبارزه انتخاباتی کردن kampanjoida mener une campagne électorale תַעֲמלָן בְּחִירוֹת चुनाव प्रचार करना skupljati glasove korteskedik berkampanye starfa fyrir frambjóðanda eða flokk í kosningum. fare propaganda elettorale 選挙運動する ...
  13. a person who has the right to vote at an election. Not all the electors bothered to vote. stemgeregtigde ناخِب، مُنْتَخِب избирател eleitor volič, -ka der/die Wähler(in) vælger εκλογέας, ψηφοφόροςelector valija رای دهنده äänestäjä électeur/-trice בוחר निर्वाचक birač választó pemilih kjósandi elettore, elettrice 有権者 선거인, 유권자 rinkėjas vēlētājs pengundi kiezervelger; valgmannwyborca يوه ډله خلك چه دانتخاب واك لرى انتخاباتى حوزه eleitor alegător избиратель volič, -ka volilec birač väljare ผู้มีสิ...
  14. of elections or electors. The names of all electors are listed in the electoral roll. kiesers إنْتِخابي избирателен eleitoral volební Wahl-... valg- εκλογικόςelectoral valimis-, valija- وابسته به انتخابات یا انتخاب کنندگان vaali- électoral שֶׁל בְּחִירוֹת, שֶׁל בּוֹחָרִים निर्वाचन संबंधी birački választási tentang pemilihan kjósenda; kosninga- elettorale 選挙の 선거의 rinkimų, rinkėjų vēlēšanu-; vēlētāju- pilihan raya kies-valg-, velger-wyborczy په ټول ټاكنو باندى اړين eleitoral electoral избирател...
  15. all electors taken together. Half of the electorate did not vote. kiesers مَجْموع الناخِبين електорат eleitorado voliči die Wählerschaft vælgerskare; valgberettigede εκλογικό σώμαelectorado valijaskond تمام کسانی که صلاحیت رای دادن دارند äänestäjäkunta électorat צִיבּוּר הַבּוֹחָרִים निर्वाचक वर्ग biračko tijelo választók kelompok pemilih kjósendur (atkvæðisbærir) elettorato 選挙民 선거민, 유권자 rinkėjai vēlētāji para pengundi kiezersvelgerne, velgerkorps wyborcy راى وركوونكى eleitorado elec­to­rat и...
  16. The act or process of electing someone to fill an office or position: Officers are chosen by election and not by appointment.
  17. An act of choosing; a selection: your election of benefits.

Equivalents

Afrikaans verkiesing
አማርኛ ምርጫ
Azərbaycanca seçki
Беларуская выбары
Български избор
Bosanski val избор
Català elecció
Čeština volby
Cymraeg etholiad
Dansk valg
Deutsch Wahl
Ελληνικά εκλογές εκλογή
Esperanto balotado elekto
Suomi vaali valinta
Français élection
Gaeilge toghchán
Gàidhlig taghadh
Galego elección
ગુજરાતી ચૂંટણી
עברית בחירות
Hrvatski val избор
Magyar választás
Bahasa Indonesia pemilihan
Italiano elezione
日本語 選挙
ქართული არჩევნები
Қазақша сайлау
ಕನ್ನಡ ಚುನಾವಣೆ
한국어 선거
Lietuvių rinkimai
Latviešu vēlēšanās
Te Reo Māori pōtitanga
Македонски избори
Монгол сонгууль
मराठी निवडणूक
Malti elezzjoni
Nederlands verkiezing
Polski wybory
Português eleição
Русский выбор выборы
Slovenčina voľby
Shqip zgjedhje
Српски val избор
Svenska väl
Kiswahili uchaguzi
தமிழ் தேர்தல்
తెలుగు ఎన్నిక
Тоҷикӣ интихобот
Türkçe saylav seçim
ئۇيغۇرچە سايلام
Українська вибори
Tiếng Việt tuyển cử

Examples

“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.”
“The election of John Smith was due to his broad appeal.”
“W-4 election”
“Whosoever searcheth all the circumstances and embraceth all the consequences thereof hindereth his election.”
“To use men with much difference and election is good.”
“The predestinative force of a free agent's own will in certain absolute acts, determinations, or elections, and in respect of which acts it is one either with the divine or the devilish will; and if the former, the conclusions to be drawn from God's goodness, faithfulness, and spiritual presence; these supply grounds of argument of a very different character […]”
“[H]e [Paul] laboureth to comfort Timothy vvith the remembrance of the ſtedfaſtneſs of Gods eternal decree of Election, becauſe grounded on his foreknowledge; […]”
“The election hath obtained it.”

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