elect
part of speech
verb (elect, elects, elected, electing); adjective (after a noun: the president elect)
meaning for a pupil
1) To choose someone for a job or position by voting: The class elected Sam as captain. tree →
2) (formal) To choose or decide to do something: She elected to stay at home. tree →
3) (adjective) Chosen but not yet started in the job: the president-elect. tree →
sense in the lessons
In civics lessons people elect leaders, mayors and class representatives; in maths, election problems count votes and compare totals. Phrases: «elect a leader», «be elected», «elect to do», «newly elected».
examples
- Our class elected two school council members. tree →
- She was elected mayor with 2,000 votes. tree →
- People elect a government by voting. tree →
- He elected to walk rather than take the bus. tree →
- The newly elected captain made a speech. tree →
- If Ana got 14 votes and Ben got 9, Ana was elected by 5 votes. tree →
- At a great meeting of the Animals, who had gathered to elect a new ruler, the Monkey was asked to dance. tree →
note
Regular verb. Noun: election; elector (voter). «Elect» needs votes; «choose» or «pick» is the general word. «Elected to» = decided to (formal).
In the corpora
- Parliament is where elected representatives, called MPs in the UK, debate and vote on new laws.
- Councillors are elected by local people.
- The council is the local government that looks after roads, parks, bins, libraries and planning, run by elected councillors.
- Venice was a merchant republic ruled by an elected Doge (a duke chosen for life) and councils of noble families.
- Instead they made a republic, where citizens elected leaders for one year at a time.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «elect» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.