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elections
 
Noun election has 4 senses
  1. election - a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"
    --1 is a kind of     vote
    --1 has particulars:
     reelection; general election; primary, primary election; by election, bye election; runoff
    Derived form: verb elect1
  2. election - the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"
    --2 is a kind of     choice, selection, option, pick
    --2 has particulars: co-option, co-optation; cumulative vote
  3. election - the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"
    --3 is a kind of     status, position
  4. election - the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
    --4 is a kind of     predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination
election commission election day election district election fraud election tour electional electioneer electioneering elections elective elective surgery elective surgical intervention electively electives electize electolyte elector

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