elect

VERB

select as representative; choose

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accept admit appoint conclude designate determine name nominate pick receive resolve take vote vote for

STRONG

ballot cull judge mark prefer settle tap

WEAK

decide upon go down the line opt for optate pick out settle on single out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abstain begin deny disallow dismiss dispute give ignore offer refuse reject start waver

WEAK

vote down vote out

Example Sentences

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Chairman Ken Martin ordered the report shortly after he was elected in February.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’m not Joanna Stern, who wants singing cars and robot dishwashers and still elected to rat out the Journal’s AI vending machine for selling fine wine and delicious live fish.

From The Wall Street Journal

The commission wrote in its letter that it had "not identified any omissions of expenditure that ought to have been declared" in Farage's campaign to be elected in his Clacton constituency.

From BBC

Experts, including two elected South Carolina coroners, said Spivey’s body appeared to have been illegally mishandled.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The ones who have more discretion are electing not to sell. They’re staying put.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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