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UK
/ɪlˈɛkʃən/
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[ US /ɪˈɫɛkʃən/ ]
[ US /ɪˈɫɛkʃən/ ]
NOUN
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a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
the results of the election will be announced tonight -
the status or fact of being elected
they celebrated his election -
the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice
her election of medicine as a profession - the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
How To Use election In A Sentence
- Several selections contain strings of double notes, primarily thirds and sixths.
- At election time the party needs a lot of voluntary helpers.
- Two more debates are scheduled in the coming weeks, one debate dealing with education and health will be held in Irbid next week and the final week before elections the southern city of Karak will witness a candidates debate on agriculture and development. Daoud Kuttab: Jordanian Candidate Uses Debate to Call for Curtailing King's Powers
- The remaining three evolutionary forces are nonadaptive in the sense that they are not a function of the fitness properties of individuals: mutation is the ultimate source of variation on which natural selection acts, recombination assorts variation within and among chromosomes, and genetic drift ensures that gene frequencies will deviate a bit from generation to generation independent of other forces. A Disclaimer for Behe?
- The presidential election will be conducted against a backdrop of seismic political and economic turmoil. Times, Sunday Times
- The scale of the economic gulf between the two parties came as two polls yesterday showed that the election remained wide open. Times, Sunday Times
- Every large town will have quite a few horologers and jewelers with a vast selection of fancy watches displayed their windows, with huge price tags to go with them.
- I was filming a music video in Central Kingston in the middle of general elections, when gunmen shot up a group of people on the corner playing ludo (snakes and ladders) and dominoes.
- We are pleased to offer our clients access to CBX ASIA through our trading platform as we remain fully committed to providing the broadest selection of liquidity in Asia and globally, ensuring that our clients have a unique and dynamic edge when accessing trading venues". Bobsguide Financial Industry News
- But the omelet was not just on the anchors 'faces, the omelet was a messed up election. CNN Transcript - Special Event: Congress to Hold Hearings on Election Night News Coverage - November 16, 2000
