Definitions
Process of choosing leaders by vote
Word origin
From Middle English eleccioun, eleccion, from Anglo-Norman eleccioun, from Latin ēlectiōn-, stem of ēlectiō (“choice, selection”), from ēligō (“to pluck out, to choose”). Equivalent to elect + -ion. Displaced native Old English cyre (“choice, free will, election”).
Used in a sentence
“The parliamentary election(s) will be held in March.”
“How did you vote in (UK also: at) the last election?”
“That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Vote for office”8 letters
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