election
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1.3
- noun
- /ɪˈlɛkʃən/
:
elección
- With the presidential election just weeks away, people are starting to campaign vigorously.
- presidential election
- an election campaign
- win the election
Joe Biden is running for re election without opposition.
- Joe Biden is running for re election without opposition.
- And if it isn't going to affect re election, why bother?
- I'm not going to run for re election now.
- It's not losing your re election, it's losing your primary right.
- And so when you threaten their re election, shit starts getting done.
- And, you know, I think most, most people would conclude it was for re election purposes.
- And I really did not want him to win re election.
- And you know, it may just help him win re election.
- Now no surprise, Scott's re election campaign hasn't been going the best.
Examples
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But generally, our election was friendly.
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Mrs. Brady, you've gone through this election process four times now.
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And we lost the election at the national level.
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Well, our guy won the election, so we're going to the victory party.
Fiction book (2001) -
Mr. Branch, i spoke to you some days ago about the election story.
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Remarkably, Cross has managed to right his campaign, and now, as you see, the District Attorney has just won the election for Attorney General.
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Tracy had won the election by a single vote.
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I have an election coming up, and I don't have time for this.
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Caldern set to work soon after his election, and the battle was joined almost immediately.
Academic text (2012) -
As it turned out, however, the elections by all accounts were fair and untainted.
Academic text (1991)
Compounds
12
3.2
An early election where party voters choose candidates for the general election
- UK
4
6.0
An election to fill a public office that becomes empty between general elections
- Specialized
A minimum percentage of votes a political party must get to win any seats in parliament
- Formal
A choice a surviving spouse makes to take either what the will gives or the legal share of the estate
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Election comes from the Latin word eligere, which means 'to choose', the same root as elect. So when we speak of someone's election, we mean the fact of being chosen for a position.