Election
[ɪ'lekʃ(ə)n] or [ɪ'lɛkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; 'her election of medicine as a profession'.
(noun.) a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; 'the results of the election will be announced tonight'.
(noun.) the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists).
(noun.) the status or fact of being elected; 'they celebrated his election'.
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Definition
(a.) The act of choosing; choice; selection.
(a.) The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor.
(a.) Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.
(a.) Discriminating choice; discernment.
(a.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the "five points" of Calvinism.
(a.) The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.
(a.) Those who are elected.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Selection, preference, choice.[2]. (Theol.) Predestination.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Choice, acceptance, selection, preference
ANT:Postponement, rejection, reprobation
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are at an election, foretells you will engage in some controversy which will prove detrimental to your social or financial standing.
Checker: Luther
Unserious Contents or Definition
A periodical picnic for the American People. Held in booths, where the Voter puts in his ballot, and The Machine elects whatever it chooses. A day when the lowliest may make their mark and even beggars may ride; when the Glad Mit gets promiscuous and everything is full—particularly the lodging-houses.
Editor: Yvonne
Examples
- While a citizen of Missouri, my first opportunity for casting a vote at a Presidential election occurred. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- As I sat by Baby's crib, on the night before the election, Baby was very uneasy in her sleep. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A new Lord Protector of England was to be chosen; and, at Raymond's request, we removed to London, to witness, and even take a part in the election. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Not half so strange as a miraculous circumstance as happened to my own father, at an election time, in this wery place, Sir,' replied Sam. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- During my stay in Detroit there was an election for city officers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But the vow had been part of the bargain by which he secured the support of Pope Innocent III in his election as emperor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They backed the election of a Jacobin as Mayor of Paris. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If the collector himself should become bankrupt, the parish which elects him must answer for his conduct to the receiver-general of the election. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- There is likely to be another election before long, and by that time Middlemarch will have got more ideas into its head. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But I doubt if they had more meaning in them than an election cry, and I cannot suggest a darker picture of her state of mind. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Nor do we know if the methods of election used for the Soviets are any improvement upon the unsatisfactory methods in use in the Atlantic democracies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His questions were answered by a general cry, in which the words election, sin, and red right arm of God, could alone be heard. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Did you say that Mr. Rouncewell had been very active in this election? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- With regard to the old infirmary, we have gained the initial point--I mean your election. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This had been the secret of his secession at the time of Lord Raymond's election. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Needless to say, this weak aristocratic republic, with its recurrent royal elections, invited aggression from all three of its neighbours. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the greater part of those provinces of France, which are called the countries of elections, the taille is of this kind. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Another device is the separation of municipal, state and national elections: to hold them all at the same time is an inducement to prevent the voter from splitting his allegiance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Without adding machines the public would be obliged to wait for days for the results of most elections. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- What women want is surely something a great deal deeper than the privilege of taking part in elections. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I know a little too much about Middlemarch elections. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The citizens, therefore, who had no land, had scarce any other means of subsistence but the bounties of the candidates at the annual elections. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- According to a logic, the more elections the more democratic. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- If a recall election is held when the people petition for it, why not all elections? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The boss, and the bosslet, the heeler--the men who are it--all are there exercising the real power, the power that independently of charters and elections decides what shall happen. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This is regarded as undemocratic for the reason that democracy has come to mean a series of elections. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The elections of 1862 had gone against the prosecution of the war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In Great Britain we do not have Elections any more; we have Rejections. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The new elections were finished; parliament met, and Raymond was occupied in a thousand beneficial schemes. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Graham Wallas was a candidate in five municipal elections, and has held an important office as member of the London County Council. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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