Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend.
Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ἐκ (ek), rather than e- (from ex).
Meanings
(not-comparable, postpositional) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
He is the President elect.
She began almost to feel a dislike of Edward; and it ended, as every feeling must end with her, by carrying back her thoughts to Willoughby, whose manners formed a contrast sufficiently striking to those of his brother elect. 1811, Jane Austen, chapter 16, in Sense and Sensibility:
(not-comparable) Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
the elect angels 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Timothy 5:21:
colours quaint elect 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Translations (20)
nn valt (who has been elected) · el εκλεγμένος (who has been elected) · gl electo (who has been elected) · ru и́збранный (who has been elected) · mk избран (who has been elected) · no valgt (who has been elected) · nb valgt (who has been elected) · de gewählt (who has been elected) · fr élu (who has been elected) · es electo (who has been elected) · yi אױסגעקליבן (who has been elected) · fi vastavalittu (who has been elected) · pt eleito (who has been elected) · sv vald (who has been elected) · da udvalgt (who has been elected) · vi tân cử (who has been elected) · da valgt (who has been elected) · sw uteuzi (who has been elected) · bg избран (who has been elected) · fi tuleva (who has been elected)
Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend.
Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ἐκ (ek), rather than e- (from ex).
Meanings
One chosen or set apart.
In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.
Shall not God avenge his won elect? 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 18:7:
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 42:1:
fr élu (One chosen by God) · he נבחר (One chosen by God) · fr élue (One chosen by God) · sh izabranica (One chosen by God) · sh izabranica (One chosen or set apart) · el εκλεκτή (One chosen or set apart) · bg избраник (One chosen or set apart) · cmn 选民 (One chosen by God) · fr élu (One chosen or set apart) · el εκλεκτός (One chosen or set apart) · fr élue (One chosen or set apart) · sh izabranik (One chosen by God) · sh izabranik (One chosen or set apart) · he נבחר (One chosen or set apart)
Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend.
Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ἐκ (ek), rather than e- (from ex).
Meanings
(transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something).
(transitive) (Of a group) to officially select one or more candidates in an election to hold office.
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? 2014, Norm Macdonald Live, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Norm Macdonald:
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