Synonym: appoint, choose, pick, select, vote for. Similar words: select, electric, selected, election, selection, electronic, electrical, electronics. Meaning: [ɪ'lekt] 
n. an exclusive group of people. v. 1. select by a vote for an office or membership 2. choose. adj. 1. selected as the best 2. elected but not yet installed in office.
n. an exclusive group of people. v. 1. select by a vote for an office or membership 2. choose. adj. 1. selected as the best 2. elected but not yet installed in office. 
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31. However, the firm can elect to have its capital assets collected in a pool.
32. The people of Houston will go to the polls next week to elect a new mayor.
33. You should just elect people to Parliament and have collective responsibility.
34. Because the law requires a two-thirds majority for an appointment, government and opposition parties must agree in advance whom to elect.
35. No permission is required to photograph the monoline, unless you elect to do this inside a station.
36. You can elect to print faxes on receipt, or view them first.
37. Some might decide to elect a special institutions representative, a steering committee, and a hospitality committee.
38. Under any such setup, voters elect a leader who espouses a program.
39. Since 1879, House rules have required a majority of those voting for a distinct candidate to elect a speaker.
40. The main features of committees are: They elect or have appointed a person who chairs the meeting.
41. The first step towards achieving peace in the region will be to elect a government that represents all the people.
42. After inspecting an item of mail, each user can elect to delete the message or retain it for later examination.
43. The Purchaser must be able to elect which measure of damages is most appropriate.
44. Voters elect members of Parliament from districts known as ridings.
45. One goes to elect a member of parliament on a first past the post, single member constituency basis. Sentencedict.com
46. The council would elect a board of directors to act as consumer advocates on judicial, legislative or regulatory health-care matters.
47. If all the disputed electoral votes went to Hayes, he would win; just one of them would elect Tilden.
48. Proportional systems elect several candidates in multi-member constituencies, giving due weight to minority votes.
49. It decreed that a council of representatives would elect a president and would be responsible for drafting a constitution.
50. The Congress was also to elect the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet.
51. In which case it would make more sense to elect proven adulterers instead of discouraging them from public life.
52. Labour's complex leadership rules, first used to elect Mr Kinnock in 1983, make a smooth transition impossible.
53. We had worked hard to elect the women, believing that they would bring a valuable, new perspective to government.
54. As if he sensed their homage the Kha-Khan elect waved a hand in dismissal.
55. Political consultants used to be little-known operatives working in dingy offices trying to elect better-known candidates.
56. McCarthy's Communist witch-hunt had been unleashed with the support of leading Republicans and had undoubtedly helped to elect Eisenhower in 1952.
57. The central committee would elect its president from its ranks[sentencedict.com], but each time from a different republican or provincial party.
58. I could simply elect to walk out the door, act on reckless impulse without fear of consequences.
59. The first act of the Convention was to elect a president.
60. First, a statute may require that the school board take affirmative action to elect a teacher to tenure status.
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