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- noun
- /ɪˈlɛkt/
- Literature
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los elegidos
- Before we begin tonight's fun, I would like to propose a toast to Governor-Elect Davis.
- God's elect
But it's a theology that came out of, of course, Puritanism, that believed to some degree that there was some kind of an elect.
- But it's a theology that came out of, of course, Puritanism, that believed to some degree that there was some kind of an elect.
Examples
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The two candidates for NAfME 2014-16 President-Elect addressed delegates and shared their visions for the Association's future.
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The society announced its new president elect at the annual meeting.
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George Bush is president elect of the United States.
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We have a new president-elect and why?
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We also know that the President-elect has been seen in her presence recently.
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This past Tuesday, he became congressman elect Morgan Luttrell.
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You have the president-elect and military base commanders all saying that the Biden administration is not telling the truth.
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She is the president-elect of the Society of Dance History Scholars and past president of the Dance Critic Association.
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And CNN can now project that Barack Obama, 47 years old, will become the President-Elect of the United States.
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Laurel G. Bellows, President-Elect: Principal in the Bellows Law Group in Chicago.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
A group of people picked and treated as more important
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word elect (meaning a special group of chosen people) comes from Latin eligere, 'to choose', so it literally means people who have been 'picked out' from others, like the English word select. That is why the 'elect' are those seen as chosen or set apart for a special role.