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election

/ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/noun3 syllables

Election means: a vote to select the winner of a position or political office.

Synonyms for election1

also used for election

chosenness

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What does election mean?4

noun

1

a vote to select the winner of a position or political office“the results of the election will be announced tonight”

2

the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice“her election of medicine as a profession”

3

the status or fact of being elected“they celebrated his election”

4

the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with election?29

two syllables

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All 29 rhymes for election, grouped by syllable

Election in a sentence

  • If more people had voted, we would have won the election.CK
  • For someone like him, it will be easy to win the presidential election.jhomel
  • A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation.WestofEden
  • Some states select primary candidates by caucus, while others hold an election.AlanF_US
  • There is little, if any, hope that he will win the election.ET
  • During the election silence, citizens think about who they'll vote for.DJ_Saidez
  • They couldn't win an election fairly, so their only recourse was to gerrymander.shekitten
  • After losing the election, he decided to run again in four years.megamanenm

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Forms of election

as a noun

plural
elections