| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To choose, cull, pick, select or prefer.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To vote, ballot or poll.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Present participle conjugation of the verb elect.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (elect) | 1. Select by a vote for an office or membership; "We elected him chairman of the board".[Wordnet]. 2. Choose; "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically".[Wordnet]. 3. To pick out; to select; to choose.[Websters]. 4. To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor.[Websters]. 5. To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: electing, elected, elects, elector, electors, electingly and electedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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"ELECTING" is a common misspelling or typo for: selecting. |
Date "ELECTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ELECTING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Choosing; selecting from a number; preferring; designating to office by choice or preference; designating or predestinating to eternal salvation.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of elect. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: elect
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Committee to Elect No One | The Committee to Elect No One (CENO) is an American organization that coordinates the satirical presidential campaign of a candidate named No One. Like other dada-esque organizations (eg. The Church of the Subgenius), it is unclear which elements of CENO's offbeat campaigning are serious and which are parody. (references) | ||
| Elect the Lords | Elect The Lords is a campaign established in September 2004 by the New Politics Network and Charter88 calling for the UK House of Lords to be replaced by a predominantly elected Second Chamber. The campaign was established following Charter88 and the Network's decision to establish a partnership agreement called the Democracy Project designed to kick start a number of democratic reform initiatives in the UK. (references) | ||
| Rhymes Elect | Rhymes Elect is a Christian hip hop group represented by two emcees, Signet-ring and Verses, and DJ Selah. Their goal is to spread the love of God through hip hop with music that, while current, is contrary to the message promulgated by today’s popular culture. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: ELECTING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Electing a Pope | Computing | Electing a Pope | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: elect | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Elect the Dead | 35 | Elect the Dead | 35 | |
| Elect the Lords | 5 | Elect the Lords | 5 | |
| The Elect Lady | 2 | The Elect Lady | 2 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
