ELECTION

Definition:

1. [noun] a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"
   
   
2. [noun] the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"
   
   
3. [noun] the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"
   
   
4. [noun] the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
   
   

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Related Words:

• reelection
• general election
• primary, primary election
• by election, bye election
• runoff
• co-option, co-optation
• cumulative vote