election
Syllables: elec·tion/əˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/UK/ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/
election noun: a process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
Noun
election (countable and uncountable, plural elections)
- 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?
- The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
- The election of John Smith was due to his broad appeal.
- An option that is selected.
- W-4 election
- Any conscious choice.
- Whosoever searcheth all the circumstances and embraceth all the consequences thereof hindereth his election.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 20, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- To use men with much difference and election is good.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Followers and Friends”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC
- 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; […]1684, John Bunyan, A Holy Life, the Beauty of Christianity: Or, An Exhortation to Christians to be Holy, London: […] B. W. for Benj[amin] Alsop, […], →OCLC, page 3
- Those who are elected.
- The election hath obtained it.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 11:7
election meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
election in Hindi
- process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
- चुनाव cunāv, इंतिख़ाबात intixābāt, निर्वाचन nirvācan, इंतिख़ाब intixāb
election in Tamil
- process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
- தேர்தல் tērtal
election in Marathi
- process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
- निवडणूक nivaḍṇūk
election in Urdu
- process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
- اِنْتِخابات intixābāt, اِنْتِخاب intixāb
More languagesFewer languages
- election in Bengali
- নির্বাচন nirbacon, ইন্তেখাব intekhab
- election in Telugu
- ఎన్నిక ennika
- election in Malayalam
- തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ് tiraññeṭuppŭ
- election in Kannada
- ಚುನಾವಣೆ cunāvaṇe
- election in Punjabi
- ਚੋਣ coṇ, ਨਿਰਵਾਚਨ nirvācan
- election in Gujarati
- ચૂંટણી cū̃ṭṇī
- election in Odia
- ନିର୍ବାଚନ nirbācana
- election in Sanskrit
- निर्वाचनम् nirvācanam
- election in Sinhala
- මැතිවරණය mætiwaraṇaya
- election in Assamese
- নিৰ্বাচন nirrason
- election in Nepali
- निर्वाचन, चुनाव
- election in Pashto
- ټاکنه ṭākǝna, انتخابات entexābāt
- election in Tagalog
- eleksiyon, botohan, halalan
- election in Arabic
- اِنْتِخَاب intiḵāb, اِنْتِخَابَات intiḵābāt
- election in Malay
- pilihan raya
- election in Indonesian
- pemilihan
- election in Thai
- การเลือกตั้ง gaan-lʉ̂ʉak-dtâng
- election in Vietnamese
- sự bầu cử, tuyển cử
- election in Myanmar
- ရွေးချယ်တင်မြှောက်ပွဲ rwe:hkyaitanghmraukpwai:, ရွေးကောက်ပွဲ rwe:kaukpwai:, ရွေးချယ် rwe:hkyai
Examples of election in a sentence
- The success of the economic policies should win Mr. Smith the next elections.
- I live in a blue constituency. Congress turned blue in the mid-term elections.
- You can't just look at the election, you've got to look at the big picture.
Synonyms of election
Forms of election
| plural | elections |
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Origin of election
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”).
Words formed from election
- antielection
- by-election
- byelection
- e-election
- election cake
- election campaign
- electioneer
- electioneering
- electionitis
- electionless
- electionlike
- election night
- election silence
- electionspeak
- election threshold
- khaki election
- midterm election
- nonelection
- postelection
- pre-election
- preelection
- pseudo-election
- pseudoelection
- re-election
- reelection
- special election
- stealection
- subelection
- sweat like a nigger on election day
- unconditional election
- unelection
- wave election
Phrases with election
- election day
- election days
- snap election
- direct election
- election nights
- general election
- primary election
- election silences
- indirect election
- election campaigns
- election thresholds
- sweats like a nigger on election day
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with election
- section
- connection
- projection
- injection
- selection
- collection
- protection
- inflection
- reflection
- affection
- correction
- deflection
44 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- direction
- erection
- complexion
- recollection
- resurrection
- dejection
- dissection
- flexion
- infection
- rejection
- connexion
- convection
- detection
- disconnection
- misdirection
- objection
- perfection
- vection
- advection
- ejection
- imperfection
- inspection
- interjection
- introspection
- lection
- reflexion
- aspection
- callisection
- disinfection
- disruptive selection
- electrotransfection
- indirect election
- insurrection
- police protection
- porrection
- predilection
- retroflexion
- self-infection
- snap election
- ticket inspection
- transfection
- trivection
- type introspection
- vivisection
Questions about election
- What does election mean?
- Election means a process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
- What is election in Hindi?
- Election in Hindi is चुनाव (cunāv), इंतिख़ाबात (intixābāt), निर्वाचन (nirvācan). See Election meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is election?
- Election is a noun.
- How do you pronounce election?
- Election is pronounced /ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
- What is the plural of election?
- The plural of election is elections.
Words near election in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: election (page history and authors); election (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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