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elect — vt 1: to select by vote for an office, position, or membership 2: to make a selection of elect ed her statutory share over the gift under the will vi: to choose an elective share the right of a spouse to elect against the will … Law dictionary
-elect — suffix ► used after the title of an official job to refer to someone who has been chosen by vote to do that job, but who has not yet started doing it: »Mr Theroux is chairman elect of the Promotion Marketing Association. → Compare DESIGNATE(Cf.… … Financial and business terms
Elect the Dead — Infobox Album Name = Elect the Dead Type = Album Artist = Serj Tankian Caption = Released = Start date|2007|10|22 Genre = Alternative metal, experimental rock, art rock Length = 45:03 (standard edition) 47:52 (Japan) 59:00 (limited edition) 53:52 … Wikipedia
elect — The conversion of a conditional order into a market order. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. elect elect 2 adjective chairman/president elect a person who has been elected to a particular job but has not yet started doing it: • the… … Financial and business terms
elect — I UK [ɪˈlekt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms elect : present tense I/you/we/they elect he/she/it elects present participle electing past tense elected past participle elected *** to choose someone by voting so that they represent you or hold… … English dictionary
elect — e|lect1 W3S2 [ıˈlekt] v [T usually passive] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: electus, past participle of eligere to choose ] 1.) to choose someone for an official position by voting ▪ the country s first democratically elected government ▪ a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
elect — e|lect1 [ ı lekt ] verb transitive *** to choose someone by voting so that they represent you or hold an official position: Every nation should have a right to elect their own government. elect someone to do something: We were elected to tackle… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
elect — 1 /I lekt/ verb 1 (T) to choose someone for an official position by voting: the country s first democratically elected government | elect sb to: She was elected to Parliament in 1978. | elect sb president/mayor etc: Ronald Reagan was first… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
elect*/*/ — [ɪˈlekt] verb [T] I to choose someone to represent you or to hold an official position, by voting for them Every nation should have a right to elect its own government.[/ex] He was elected to parliament by a large majority.[/ex] Havel was elected … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Official scorer — Booth of the official scorer in Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium (Taiwan) In the game of … Wikipedia
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