- 1to choose someone to do a particular job by voting for them elect somebody/something an elected assembly/leader/representative the newly elected government elect somebody to something She became the first black woman to be elected to the Senate. elect somebody (as) something elect somebody + noun He was elected (as) mayor of Baltimore. Topic CollocationsVoting in Electionsrunning for election
- conduct/hold an election/a referendum
- run for office/election/governor/mayor/president/the White House
- enter/run in/withdraw from the primary/Senate/gubernatorial race
- represent the Democrats/the Republican Party
- hold/contest a local/mid-term/primary/national election
- launch/run a presidential (election) campaign
- support/back a candidate
- sway/convince/persuade voters/the electorate
- appeal to/attract/woo/target/pander to swing voters
- fix/rig/steal an election/the vote
- go to/be turned away from a polling place/station
- cast a/your vote/ballot (for somebody)
- vote for the Republican candidate/the Democratic ticket
- mark/spoil your ballot paper
- count the early/absentee ballots
- go to/be defeated at the ballot box
- get/win/receive/lose votes
- get/win (60% of) the popular/black/Hispanic/Latino vote
- win power/the election/the primary/a senate seat/a majority
- lose an election/the vote/your majority/your seat
- win/come to power in a landslide (victory) (= with many more votes than any other party)
- elect/reelect somebody (as) mayor/president/congressman/congresswoman/a Senator/a Representative
- be sworn into office/in as president
- take/administer the oath of office
- give/deliver the inaugural address
- take/enter/hold/leave office
- appoint somebody (as) ambassador/governor/minister/a federal judge/a Supreme Court justice
- form a government/a cabinet
- serve two terms as president/in office
- ⇨ more collocations at economy, politics
- 2elect to do something (formal) to choose to do something Increasing numbers of people elect to work from home nowadays.
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NAmE//ɪˈlɛkt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they elect he / she / it elects
past simple elected
-ing form electing
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