| VERB | social | elect | select by a vote for an office or membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | elect | choose | |
| NOUN | group | elect, chosen | an exclusive group of people |
| ADJECTIVE | all | elect, elite | selected as the best |
| all | elect | elected but not yet installed in office |
| Sounds | ihleh'kt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abject ... wrecked: 66 rhymes with ehkt... | |
| Meaning | selected as the best. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "an elect circle of artists" | |
| Synonym | elite | |
| Broader | selected | chosen in preference to another |
| Spanish | selecto | |
| Catalan | selecte | |
| Nouns | elect | an exclusive group of people |
| Meaning | elected but not yet installed in office. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the president elect" | |
| Broader | incoming | Arriving at a place or position |
| Spanish | electo | |
| Meaning | An exclusive group of people. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "one of the elect who have power inside the government" | |
| Synonym | chosen | |
| Broader | elite, elite group | A group or class of persons enjoying / enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status |
| Spanish | los elegidos | |
| Adjectives | elect | selected as the best |
| Verbs | elect | select by a vote for an office or membership |
| Meaning | select by a vote for an office or membership. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They elect him as chairman | |
| Example | "We elected him chairman of the board" | |
| Narrower | co-opt | choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague |
| reelect, return | elect again | |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
| Spanish | designar, elegir | |
| Catalan | elegir | |
| Adjectives | elective | subject to popular election |
| eligible | qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen | |
| Nouns | elect | an exclusive group of people |
| election | a vote to select the winner of a position or political office | |
| elector | a citizen who has a legal right to vote | |
| electorate | the body of enfranchised citizens | |
| Meaning | choose. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
| Example | "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically" | |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
| Spanish | elegir, escoger | |
| Adjectives | elective | not compulsory |
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