English Online Dictionary. What means election? What does election mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English eleccioun, eleccion, from Anglo-Norman eleccioun, from Latin ēlectiōn-, stem of ēlectiō (“choice, selection”), from ēligō (“I pluck out, I choose”). Equivalent to elect + -ion.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ĭ-lĕk'shən, IPA(key): /ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /əˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/
- Hyphenation: elect‧ion
- Rhymes: -ɛkʃən
Noun
election (countable and uncountable, plural elections)
- A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
- The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
- An option that is selected.
- (archaic) Any conscious choice.
- (theology) In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.
- (obsolete) Those who are elected.
Synonyms
- (theology): chosenness
Hyponyms
- direct election
- general election
- indirect election
- primary election
- snap election
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See also
- psephology
See also
- Election on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Predestination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Middle French
Noun
election f (plural elections)
- choice; selection (person, object that is selected)
- election (act or process of being elected to an office)