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 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 The general public elects their local members of parliament, and if one party controls a decisive majority of the seats in the House of Commons, as Labour has since the last national elections in 2024, that party's leader generally is seated as the prime minister. — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 22 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 Orange County elects a countywide chairperson for its School Board, with current board members Angie Gallo and Alicia Farrant facing off to succeed Teresa Jacobs, who is retiring at the end of her term. — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026 Parliament elects members to the Bundesrat, and the role of President rotates annually among the councillors. — Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 Background Peru elects its president through a two-round electoral system. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026 The Ghost Rider actress also elects not to post photos of her two daughters or longtime partner Ryan Gosling on social media. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 30 May 2026

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Verb

Nobody chooses their mobile carrier based on who holds up the antenna.

— Mushfig Aliyev, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
The Southern perimeter has the potential to redefine politics at the center, whether Europe chooses to engage with it or not.

— Galip Dalay, Time, 7 July 2026

Definition of chooses

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This information is continuously shared across a command-and-control network that decides whether an engagement is necessary, selects the most suitable interceptor, and determines the optimal launch time.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
For each match, the model compares the two teams’ FIFA ranking points, converts the rating difference into a win probability, and randomly selects a winner using that probability.

— Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of selects

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Nobody picks a bank because of who owns the servers, so why sink capital into owning them?

— Mushfig Aliyev, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
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— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 July 2026