Elect

What do we mean by elect?

To select by vote for an office or for membership. transitive verb

To pick out; select. transitive verb

To decide, especially by preference. transitive verb

To select by divine will for salvation. Used of God. transitive verb

Chosen deliberately; singled out. adjective

Elected but not yet installed. Often used in combination. adjective

Chosen for marriage. Often used in combination. adjective

Selected by divine will for salvation. adjective

One that is chosen or selected. noun

One selected by divine will for salvation. noun

An exclusive group of people. Used with the: noun

An abbreviation of electric and electricity.

An abbreviation of electrical; noun

Of the Latin electuarium, electuary. noun

To pick out; select from among a number; specifically, in theology, to select, especially as an object of divine mercy or favor. See election, 6.

Hence To select for an office or employment by a majority or plurality (according to agreement) of votes; choose by ballot or any similar method: as, to elect a representative or a senator; to elect a president or mayor.

To choose; prefer; determine in favor of.

Synonyms Select, Prefer, etc. See choose.

Chosen; selected from among a number; taken in preference to others; specifically, in theology, chosen as the special objects of mercy or divine favor; chosen to eternal life.

One chosen or set apart.

In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.

A lying contest between two or more rich and/or powerful individuals Urban Dictionary

The worst system of choosing among candidates for public office -- except for all the others. Urban Dictionary

Noun: Deciding between the lesser of two evils. Ie: Skeletor or Krang Urban Dictionary

Humorous misspelling of "erection" that got memed into a real thing as a joke, but it's no longer funny. People try very hard to rise up to the top, then whoever wins at these "dick measuring contests" will usually screw us over and make a mess. Some weirdos like to watch them come and win Urban Dictionary

Something that's rigged worse than a carnival dart game. Urban Dictionary

Third-wave antiracist social justice warriors that take themselves too seriously and believe their cause is important enough that it warrants hurting other people, and sometimes destroying their lives, over even the smallest political correctness faults, especially on Twitter. The term was coined by Joseph Bottum and popularized by John McWhorter. Urban Dictionary

A system where two people that represent the rich minority compete to see who can trick more people that they are actually going to do something in their interests. Urban Dictionary

A cultural event indigenous to New Hampshire. Urban Dictionary

A real-world extension of the popularity contest held in high school by the same annoying, hypocritical, personality types who were on the "student council." Urban Dictionary

A word you should avoid using at all costs, because of the risk of a freudian slip Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to elect:
elect, select, erect, eject, elec, lect, exect, plect, flect, eect.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word elect:
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Words that rhyme with elect:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe elect:
president, very, non, own, emperor, archbishop, consul, bridegroom, mine, chief, member, abbot, congressman, pope, representative, predestined, vicepresident, vice, law, newly, faithful, demonstrator, sovereign, bride, righteous, prime, beloved, father, republican, dent, lecturer, tribune, chair, patriarch, suffix, puritan, warden, associate, secretary, manichaean, resident, premier, vain, councilman, pontiff, primate, youthful, cardinal, proclaimed, superintendent, prelate.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective elect:
infants, officers, roencephalography, roenceph, people, members, rophoresis, roencephalogr, men, rochem, delegates, emperor, romyography, representatives, committees, directors, roencephalog, souls, rophysiology, lady, persons, peoples, courses, roanal, ives, angels, senators, charles, roplaters, ion, race, leaders, retyping, ones, hearers, children, rophorus, president, censors, candidates, ladies, ions, officials, saints, politicians, rocardiography, none.

Consonant match to elect:
allect.

Words that sound like elect:
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