elect

³elect

verb

Definition of ELECT

transitive verb

1

: to select by vote for an office, position, or membership <elected her class president>

2

: to make a selection of <will elect an academic program>

3

: to choose (as a course of action) especially by preference <might elect to sell the business>

intransitive verb

: to make a selection

Examples of ELECT

1. He hopes to be elected to the committee.
2. <I've elected to study French as my foreign language.>

Origin of ELECT

Middle English, from Latin electus

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to ELECT

Synonyms: cherry-pick, cull, choose, handpick, name, opt (for), pick, prefer, select, single (out), tag, take

Antonyms: decline, refuse, reject, turn down

Related Words: preselect; appoint, designate, fix, mark, nominate, set, tab, tap; accept, adopt, embrace, espouse; settle (on or upon)

Near Antonyms: disapprove, negative, repudiate, spurn; discard, jettison, throw away, throw out

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