OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 10643

elect

/ɪˈlɛkt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
electo
Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
He is the President elect.
She began almost to feel a dislike of Edward; and it ended, as every feeling must end with her, by carrying back her thoughts to Willoughby, whose manners formed a contrast suffici…
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📚 verb • entry_id 10642

elect

/ɪˈlɛkt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
elegir • esleer / esleír / eligir (disused)
To choose or make a decision (to do something).
elegir • esleer / esleír / eligir (disused)
To choose (a candidate) in an election.
President Obama in a speech this past week said that we should solve the nation's bee problem. Oh, God, we elected a guy who sympathizes with bees?