election
part of speech
noun (an election, elections)
meaning for a pupil
An election is when people vote to choose someone, like a leader, a government or a class representative. tree →
sense in the lessons
In citizenship lessons pupils learn how elections work: candidates, votes, counting. Schools hold elections for school council. In maths, votes are counted, compared and shown in bar charts; the winner has the most votes. Phrases: general election, hold an election, win/lose an election, election day.
examples
- Our class held an election for school council. tree →
- The country votes in a general election. tree →
- She won the election by 5 votes. tree →
- Who will win the election? tree →
- People who are 18 or older can vote in the election. tree →
- The election results were shown on a bar chart. tree →
- He stood in the election but lost. tree →
- Out of 28 votes, Ana got 15, so she won the election. tree →
- Shortly after that, another election among the Animals was held. tree →
note
Starts with a vowel: "an election". Verb: elect. Countable. Related: vote, voter, candidate, ballot. In problems: the winner has the most votes; majority means more than half.
In the corpora
- Before an election, leaflets with smiling faces land on the mat: each candidate explains what they promise.
- They disagree honestly, and the next election lets everyone choose again.
- An election is when adults vote to choose their leaders and representatives; candidates send leaflets to explain their promises.
- Before an election, a candidate in Liam's town promised «a new swimming pool for every school».
- Two hundred years ago in most countries only men with property could vote, and women could not vote in national elections anywhere.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «election» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.