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elect
 
Adjective elect has 2 senses
  1. elect, elite - selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"
    Antonym: unselected (indirect, via selected)
  2. elect - elected but not yet installed in office; "the president elect"
    Antonym:     outgoing (indirect, via incoming)
Noun elect has 1 sense
  1. chosen, elect - an exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have power inside the government"
    --1 is a kind of elite, elite group
    Derived form: verb elect1
Verb elect has 2 senses
  1. elect - select by a vote for an office or membership; "We elected him chairman of the board"
    --1 is one way to     choose, take, select, pick out
    Derived forms: noun election1, noun elect1, noun electorate1, noun elector1
    Sample sentence:
    They elect him as chairman
  2. elect - choose; "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"
    --2 is one way to     choose, take, select, pick out
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
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