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⏳ Time before election 🗳️ Before voting
pre-election

pre-election

4.1
The time before an election when candidates campaign and people debate
  • noun
  • /priː ɪˈlɛkʃən/
translation icon : periodo preelectoral
  • The country was tense during the pre-election as candidates made their final appeals to voters.

Examples

  • Many important debates take place in the pre-election period to help people decide whom to support.

  • During the pre-election period, many debates were held.

  • Media coverage increases significantly in the pre-election weeks leading up to voting day.

  • The pre-election campaigns are heating up.

  • The country was tense during the pre-election as candidates made their final appeals to voters.

  • Media coverage increases significantly in the pre-election weeks leading up to voting day.

  • Many important debates take place in the pre-election period to help people decide whom to support.

Synonyms

campaign
vspre-election
∞ 2.7

A planned set of public actions to win support

is limited to the immediate time before an election rather than any general effort
campaigning
vspre-election
75 3.2

Organized work to help a person or group win an election

is the time just before an election when these efforts happen
political campaign
vspre-election
58 3.2

Organized actions by a candidate or party to get votes and win an election

is the immediate time before an election when such efforts occur
electioneering
vspre-election
4 6.1

Trying to persuade people to vote for a candidate or party during an election

is the period just before an election that includes various political activities

Antonyms

post-election
12 3.6

Happening after an election

Surface Forms

pre-election singular
pre-elections plural

Morphology

pre-election = pre-election (semi-transparent) = pre + elect + ion

The noun sense is an adjectival form used substantively to mean 'the pre-election period', which is inferable but not fully regular.

Etymology

Pre-election combines pre- 'before' and election 'a choice of leaders', so it names the time just before voting day when campaigning, debates, and last-minute appeals to voters happen.