election

nouncommon in dialogue

United States//ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n//
//əˈlɛkʃ(ə)n//

A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.

noun

1
A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
The parliamentary election(s) will be held in March.
How did you vote in (UK also: at) the last election?
That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past.
2
The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
The election of John Smith was due to his broad appeal.
3
An option that is selected.
W-4 election
4
archaicAny conscious choice.
Whosoever searcheth all the circumstances and embraceth all the consequences thereof hindereth his election.
To use men with much difference and election is good.
The predestinative force of a free agent's own will in certain absolute acts, determinations, or elections, and in respect of which acts it is one either with the divine or the devilish will; and if the former, the conclusions to be drawn from God's goodness, faithfulness, and spiritual presence; these supply grounds of argument of a very different character […]
5
In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.
[H]e [Paul] laboureth to comfort Timothy vvith the remembrance of the ſtedfaſtneſs of Gods eternal decree of Election, becauſe grounded on his foreknowledge; […]
6
obsoleteThose who are elected.
The election hath obtained it.

Etymology

From Middle English eleccioun, eleccion, from Anglo-Norman eleccioun, from Latin ēlectiōn-, stem of ēlectiō (“choice, selection”), from ēligō (“to pluck out, to choose”). Equivalent to elect + -ion. Displaced native Old English cyre (“choice, free will, election”).

Forms

plural: elections

Eleanor · A female given name.elect · One chosen or set apart.elected · One who is elected.

election · A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.

electric · Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising…electrical · Related to electricity (or electronics)electrician · A tradesperson who installs, repairs and maintains electrical…

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.