elected

«elected» in Mova's school dictionary: chosen by people voting — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb past form of elect (elect, elects, elected, electing); adjective (elected)

meaning for a pupil

1) Elected means chosen by people voting. tree →

2) As an adjective, elected describes a person who got their job by a vote, like an elected leader. tree →

3) (formal) Elected to do something means chose to do it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In social studies and school life: class representatives, school councils, mayors and governments are elected. In maths problems: the person with the most votes is elected; you add and compare votes. Phrases: elected by, elected as, newly elected, democratically elected, elected to.

examples

• Sam was elected class captain. tree →
• The mayor was elected by the people of the town. tree →
• Our school council is elected every term. tree →
• She was elected with 120 votes. tree →
• The newly elected leader gave a speech. tree →
• He elected to stay at home rather than go to the party. tree →
• George has been elected Professor of the Fifth Class, number Eight." tree →

note

Regular verb. Noun: election; a person who votes is a voter or elector. In maths: if Ann has 45 votes and Ben 38, Ann is elected and wins by 7. A tie means no one wins yet.

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 «elected» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.