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elected

elected

2.8
Chosen by voters to hold public office
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈlɛktɪd/
translation icon : elegido
  • The newly elected mayor promised to improve public services in the city.

Not until the term of the elected president shall elapse.

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Examples

  • The first is the concept of the directly elected committee chairs.

  • They have bicameral parliaments, both houses of which are elected, and of course they do.

  • Sheriff is elected in the state of New Jersey.

  • Not until the term of the elected president shall elapse.

    GQ

  • There were archons elected in the appropriate way each year.

  • We wanted to have our right to have the elected people in the parliament and govern.

  • They had senators that were elected by the people called Archons.

  • After the election, she joined the council as one of the elected representatives.

  • The elected officials will gather for their first meeting next week.

Antonyms

unelected
16 4.4

Not chosen by people in an election

Idioms

to get elected dogcatcher
  • Informal
9.9

Fail to win even a small local job because few people vote for you

Compounds

elected official
109 3.0

A person who holds public office after winning an election

How Elective

elected
2.8
elective
12 5.2
non-elective
  • Formal
7.1
appointed
  • Formal
3.4

Surface Forms

elected positive

Morphology

elected = elect (transparent) = elect + ed

Standard past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'elect' using '-ed', so the meaning 'chosen by vote' is directly derived.

Etymology

Elected comes from the Latin eligere, which means 'to choose', and is related to the English word select, which also means 'to pick'. So an elected person is someone 'chosen' by voters to hold public office.