Elect | Mean of elect in English Dictionary
/ɪˈlɛkt/
- Verb
- to select (someone) for a position, job, etc., by voting
- She was elected (as) senator. = She was elected to the Senate.
- He hopes to be elected to the committee.
- an elected official
- to choose to do (something)
- We elected [=decided] to stay home.
- Noun
- people who belong to a special group and have privileges that other people do not have
- His new status earned him a place among the city's elect. [=(more commonly) elite]
- having been elected
- the governor elect
- the president-elect
