OXFORD 9000
📚 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?