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elect

verb

/ɪˈlɛkt/

Meaning

To choose someone for a position or office by voting.

The citizens elected a new president.

elect to

choose, vote, select, appoint, pick

reject, dismiss, refuse

elect president, elect leader, elect representative, elect officials

to promote, praise, or advertise aggressively

to fill completely with something until no more can be absorbed

to find the exact position or place of something

To chop or cut something, especially wood or stone, with a tool.

to measure, estimate, or determine the magnitude, amount, or capacity of something

To make something less intense or severe; to relieve or reduce.