Meaning of ELECTION
| Pronunciation: | | i'lekshun
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- [n] the act of selecting someone; "many candidates ran for election"
- [n] a vote to select the winner of a political office
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| | See Also: | | by election, bye election, choice, co-optation, co-option, cumulative vote, general election, option, pick, primary, primary election, reelection, runoff, selection, vote | |
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| | Definition: | |  Election
A political satire about an election for school president in a New Jersey high school. The narrative alternates among the six candidates, who range from a maniacally ambitious girl named Tracy, to a reluctant jock named Paul, to Paul`s sister Tammy, who is in love with Paul`s girlfriend. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \E*lec"tion\, n. [F. ['e]lection, L. electio, fr.
eligere to choose out. See {Elect}, a.]
1. The act of choosing; choice; selection.
2. 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.
Corruption in elections is the great enemy of
freedom. --J. Adams.
3. Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.
``By his own election led to ill.'' --Daniel.
4. Discriminating choice; discernment. [Obs.]
To use men with much difference and election is
good. --Bacon.
5. (Theol.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as
objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the ``five
points'' of Calvinism.
There is a remnant according to the election of
grace. --Rom. xi. 5.
6. (Law) The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by
taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the
other.
7. Those who are elected. [Obs.]
The election hath obtained it. --Rom. xi. 7.
{To contest an election}. See under {Contest}.
{To make one's election}, to choose.
He has made his election to walk, in the main, in
the old paths. --Fitzed.
Hall.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are at an election, represents a choice that you need to make which may affect others. |
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