e·lect

(ĭ-lĕkt′)

tr.v. e·lect·ed, e·lect·ing, e·lects

1. To select by vote for an office or for membership: elected her club president.

2. To pick out; select: elect an art course.

3. To decide, especially by preference: elected to take the summer off.

4. To select by divine will for salvation. Used of God.

adj.

1. Chosen deliberately; singled out: an elect group of advisers.

a. Elected but not yet installed. Often used in combination: the governor-elect.

b. Chosen for marriage. Often used in combination: the bride-elect.

3. Selected by divine will for salvation.

1. One that is chosen or selected.

2. One selected by divine will for salvation.

3. (used with a pl. verb) An exclusive group of people. Used with the: one of the elect who have power inside the government.

[Middle English electen, from Latin ēligere, ēlēct-, to select : ē-, ex-, ex- + legere, to choose; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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elected

(ɪˈlɛktɪd)

adj

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) voted to a role in an election

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Adj.

elected - subject to popular election; "elective official"

elective

Translations

elected

[ɪˈlektɪd] ADJ → elegido
elected government → gobierno m elegido

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elected

[ɪˈlɛktɪd] adj [leader, president] → élu(e)

elected

adj → gewählt

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