elect
verb
[ ɪˈlɛkt ]
• choose (someone) to hold public office or some other position by voting.
• "he was elected as councillor"
Similar:
vote (for),
vote in,
choose (by ballot),
cast one's vote for,
pick,
select,
return,
appoint,
put in,
put in power,
opt for,
decide on,
settle on,
fix on,
plump for,
Opposite:
vote out,
• opt for or choose to do something.
• "more people elected to work at home"
elect
adjective
• (of a person) chosen or singled out.
Similar:
the chosen,
the elite,
the select,
the favoured,
the crème de la crème,
A-list,
elect
noun
• people who are chosen or singled out.
• "one of the century's elect"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin elect- ‘picked out’, from the verb eligere, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out’ + legere ‘to pick’.
