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Definition of elect adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

elect

adjective
 
/ɪˈlekt/
 
/ɪˈlekt/
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  1. -elect
     [after noun] used to show that somebody has been chosen for a job, but is not yet doing that job
    • the president-elect
    see also president-elect
  2. the elect
     noun [plural] (religion) people who have been chosen to be saved from punishment after death
  3. the elect
     [plural] (formal) people who have been chosen for honour or knowledge
    • He was convinced he was among the elect, the wise, those who would shape the future.
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin elect- ‘picked out’, from the verb eligere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + legere ‘to pick’.
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