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elect

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend.

Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ἐκ (ek), rather than e- (from ex).

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Noun

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elect (plural elects or elect)

  1. One chosen or set apart.
  2. (Christianity, theology) Someone chosen by God for salvation.
    1. (Calvinism) One foreordained to Heaven.

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Verb

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elect (third-person singular simple present elects, present participle electing, simple past and past participle elected)

  1. (transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something).
  2. (transitive) (Of a group) to officially select one or more candidates in an election to hold office.

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Adjective

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elect (not comparable)

  1. (postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
    He is the President elect.
    • 1811, Jane Austen, chapter 16, in Sense and Sensibility:
      She began almost to feel a dislike of Edward; and it ended, as every feeling must end with her, by carrying back her thoughts to Willoughby, whose manners formed a contrast sufficiently striking to those of his brother elect.
  2. Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.

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When denoting someone who has been elected but not yet entered office, the title is usually hyphenated (e.g. president-elect, senator-elect, representative-elect, mayor-elect, etc.). The plural forms are created by pluralizing the office (e.g. presidents-elect, senators-elect, representatives-elect, mayors-elect, etc.).

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