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to reselect

to reselect

3.9
To choose someone again for a position
  • verb
  • /ˌriːsɪˈlɛkt/
translation icon : renominar
  • The board was tasked with the responsibility to reselect the finalists for the scholarship program.

Examples

  • The committee decided to reselect the candidate after reviewing all the applications again.

  • As unappealing as Romney might have been to some Republicans or conservatives, how could they not show up at the polls and let Obama be reselected?

    Blog text (20)

  • Guards who had been randomly chosen to participate in the exams will also be reselected.

    Blog text (9)

  • A year which has seen Barack Obama reselected for a second term of office, but only because the alternative was so heinous as to be unthinkable.

    Blog text (12)

  • After much debate, the team voted to reselect their leader for another term.

Synonyms

to reappoint
vsto reselect
  • Formal
5 3.8

Give someone the same job again after their term ends

is selected again by an official group rather than appointed administratively
to renominate
vsto reselect
  • Formal
3 4.3

To choose someone again for a job or award

is used when an official group chooses the candidate again
to re-elect
vsto reselect
3.1

Vote for someone to hold the same job again

focuses on being chosen by voters rather than internal party selection
to reordain
vsto reselect
  • Formal
8.8

To choose someone again for a job or position

applies when an official group picks someone again rather than reassigning duties

Antonyms

to dismiss
70 3.3

To remove someone from their job

Surface Forms

reselect infinitive
reselected past
reselected past participle
reselecting present participle
reselects third person singular

Morphology

reselect = select (transparent) = re + select

The verb is built transparently from 'select' plus 're-' meaning 'again', and the institutional context does not block that inference.

Etymology

The word reselect can also mean to choose someone again for a job or office. It has the same re- 'again' plus select, like re-elect, so it means keeping the same person in the position.