elected official
109
3.0
- noun
- /ɪˈlɛktɪd əˈfɪʃəl/
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funcionario electo
- As a newly elected official, she promised to listen to the concerns of her constituents.
- local elected officials
- decisions of elected officials
- power of elected officials
That decision is made by elected officials and or by the the voters of California.
- That decision is made by elected officials and or by the the voters of California.
- Nobody understands that our elected officials are elected through us to work for us.
- And the critics of the reform are saying that the idea that elected officials should choose Supreme Court judges is the end of democracy.
- But that was my simplest accounting for this rise of of sort of a dictator elected officials.
- I remember March Madness couple months ago and one of the political news outlets tried this game among elected officials around the country.
- The overall point he's making, what was the line where they're burning us while we're still inside the our politicians and elected officials?
- But when you have this group of leaders, elected officials who is, who are anti science, you're setting the US back and then ultimately setting the world back.
Examples
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Out of this group, we were able to interview ten elected officials (a 38 percent response rate).
Academic text (2017) -
There we presented our elected officials with the following letter:
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I mean, we often say, look, our our elected officials work for us.
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Or, you know, it includes like, you know, very recently, some of the, some of our local elected officials, they just won in LA, right?
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And if I do become an elected official, I think that has to mean something.
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The first challenge that we faced was the need to identify elected officials.
Academic text (2017) -
Nobody understands that our elected officials are elected through us to work for us.
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Americans increasingly believe that their elected officials are playing games rather than solving problems.
Academic text (1997) -
My duty and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber is to defend Americans.
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The problem faced by most local health departments is how to provide elected officials with information that supports salary increases.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
∞
2.9
A person who works in government or politics, often as an elected leader
How Official
- Formal
49
3.5
- UK
5
3.7
118
3.2
109
3.0
39
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents yield the overall meaning directly: 'elected' means chosen by vote and 'official' means a person holding authority, so together they denote a person chosen by an election to hold office. This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows normal English adjective+noun semantics, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would understand it.
Etymology
The noun elected official comes from the simple image of someone elected ('chosen by the voters') to be an official ('a person in a public job or position'). So, elected official means 'a person who holds a public office after winning an election'.