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Election

[ih-lek-shuhn]

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noun

the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.

a public vote upon a proposition submitted.

the act of electing.

Theology. the choice by God of individuals, as for a particular work or for favor or salvation.

Origin:
1225–75; < Latin ēlēctiōn- (stem of ēlēctiō), equivalent to ēlēct(us) (see elect) + -iōn- -ion; replacing Middle English eleccioun < Anglo-French

Related forms

in·ter·e·lec·tion, adjective

non·e·lec·tion, noun

post·e·lec·tion, adjective

re·e·lec·tion, noun, adjective

self-e·lec·tion, noun

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sub·e·lec·tion, noun

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While this week's election results were clearly a rebuke of the status quo, what happens next for higher education in a.

The ruling party is faring well in the election campaign.

Imagine it is a presidential election year, and your school is holding a mock election.

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While this week's election results were clearly a rebuke of the status quo, what happens next for higher education in a.

The ruling party is faring well in the election campaign.

Imagine it is a presidential election year, and your school is holding a mock election.

These will likely be the states where the presidential election is decided.

Only twice has a president's party gained seats in his first midterm election.

Online election wagering forums are giving political pollsters a run for their money.

If you want to burn a cross on a black family's lawn or buy an election by contributing millions.

Ukraine lurches toward democracy as an election looms.

And voters are not much happier about the deluge of ballot measures they face each election cycle.

It seemed as if everyone rejoiced at the election of our first chief executive except the man himself.

So, by that slim measure, election day here has to be.

In an election year when politics is in the air, it's important to note that an.

The minister's cronies have an election coming up, and the best way to placate voters is to promise them land.

The election doesn't even really tell us what the residents of the jurisdiction want.

His election may have been historic, but the comment does not belong in your historic choices column.

The researcher had used the machine to demonstrate how someone could hack voting systems to easily subvert an election.

If you want to burn a cross on a black family's lawn or buy an election by.

The theories on his death are legion–from being shanghied by local election fraudsters to pneumonia or rabies.

In municipalities across the country, election officials are employing computerized voting machines in lieu of paper ballots.

People point to his election as evidence of the group's acceptance.

If someone spilled the jar of beans, the election results would be known prematurely.

But state election laws also allow other uses of voter data.

For nearly a year, voting companies and many election officials have resisted the call for a paper record.

Sequoia insisted that all of the ballots had been sent until election officials pressed the company to check its records.

Someone attempting to rig an election could thus arrange for votes for one candidate to be mapped to the opponent.

For some, this past election year was about the slow death of the current political system.

Of course, in an election year, coverage of the war is more important than ever.

Yes it is called an election system, but that is an insult to the word system.

All the more reason to wonder whether this election can be construed as a national plebiscite on net neutrality.

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World English Dictionary

election (ɪˈlɛkʃən)

—n
1.	the selection by vote of a person or persons from among candidates for a position, esp a political office
2.	a public vote on an official proposition
3.	the act or an instance of choosing
4.	Christianity
	a. the doctrine of Calvin that God chooses certain individuals for salvation without reference to their faith or works
	b. the doctrine of Arminius and others that God chooses for salvation those who, by grace, persevere in faith and works

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election

late 13c., from Anglo-Fr. eleccioun, from L. electionem, from stem of eligere "pick out, select," from ex- "out" + -ligere, comb. form of legere "to choose, read" (see lecture). Electioneer first attested 1789 in writing of Thomas Jefferson (probably on model of auctioneer,

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as the verb engineer was not yet in use).

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"[If not re-elected in 1864] then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he can not possibly save it afterwards."

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