electoral

«electoral» in Mova's school dictionary: to do with elections, where people vote to choose leaders… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (electoral)

meaning for a pupil

1) Electoral means to do with elections, where people vote to choose leaders or representatives. tree →

2) It is used in phrases such as «electoral roll» (the list of people allowed to vote) and «Electoral College» (the US system for choosing a president). tree →

sense in the lessons

In politics and citizenship lessons, «electoral» describes how voting works: electoral systems, electoral districts, electoral fraud (cheating in elections). In the USA, the president is chosen by electoral votes from each state. In the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, adults put their names on an electoral roll. Phrases: «electoral roll», «Electoral College», «electoral system», «electoral fraud».

examples

• Mum checked she was on the electoral roll. tree →
• The USA uses the Electoral College to pick the president. tree →
• Australia has an electoral commission that runs elections. tree →
• Electoral fraud means cheating in an election. tree →
• Each state gets a number of electoral votes. tree →
• Our class made its own electoral rules for choosing a class rep. tree →

note

Adjective only; no comparative. Related: elect, election, elector, electorate. Stress: e-LEC-tor-al. In maths, electoral results are often given as votes, percentages or seats; a candidate with the most votes may not have more than half.

In the corpora

• A candidate needs 270 of the 538 Electoral College votes to become US president.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «electoral» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.