ELECTS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

elects

verb

present tense third-person singular of elect

as in chooses

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities I've elected to study French as my foreign language

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Recent Examples of elects Wednesday’s arguments came as a series of recent ballot measures have highlighted a remarkable trend in Missouri, a state that elects Republicans but often supports progressive-leaning policies at the ballot box. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 Auburn officials pointed to the way the city elects its council members. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026 If Carrick elects to pair Baleba with Mainoo, Baleba can take on the role of hard-running physical enforcer for the academy graduate, allowing Mainoo to focus on ball-progression duties. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 It is governed by a 60-member parliament that elects two captains regent every six months to serve jointly as heads of state, a power-sharing arrangement designed to prevent the concentration of authority. — Giada Zampano, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2026 In a blue wave, off-year election, a state that almost always elects Democrats to the Senate—not by huge margins, but pretty reliably by three or four points—should have been an easy hold. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026 How Charlotte elects its mayor Mayoral terms run two years and elections are partisan. — Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026 The district traditionally elects Democrats. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 23 June 2026 Once the party elects a new leader, that person is formally appointed as the prime minister by the monarch. — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026

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If a woman chooses a hospital, that is her right, but traditional birth should always be an option.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Even if the team chooses to lean more heavily on its ground game, those touches won’t flow to a single player.

— Andy Behrens, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of chooses

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Amazon also said 92 percent of Sponsored Products ads are not given to the highest bidder because the company selects winners based on a combination of price and relevancy to the keyword search.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
When there are multiple logical possibilities for what the next word should be, the model typically selects one of those words by chance, based on their relative frequencies in the data.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of selects

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Rookie third-round picks Caleb Douglas and Chris Bell will open the season as Dolphins starting receivers (at least in three-receiver sets), coach Jeff Hafley said Wednesday.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
The optional app usually picks appealing but innocuous images of travel scenes and animals as daily wallpapers on Windows PC desktops.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026