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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

reelect en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English elect English reelect From re- + elect.

Meanings

  1. To elect for a second or subsequent time.
    • Voters in Omaha were set to make history Tuesday by either reelecting the city’s first female mayor to a rare fourth term or electing the community’s first Black mayor. 2025 May 14, “Omaha poised to have first Black leader after mayor concedes race”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
reelecting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reelects Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
reelected Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reelected Tense=Past lexicographic
re-elect alternative lexicographic
reëlect alternative, dated lexicographic

Relateds

reelection

Translations (30)

ja 再選する (to elect for a subsequent time) · cmn 再選 /再选 (to elect for a subsequent time) · eo reelekti (to elect for a subsequent time) · ru переизбра́ть (to elect for a subsequent time) · ru переизбира́ть (to elect for a subsequent time) · no gjenvelge (to elect for a subsequent time) · gv aaheiy (to elect for a subsequent time) · ko 재선하다 (to elect for a subsequent time) · uk переобира́ти (to elect for a subsequent time) · pt reeleger (to elect for a subsequent time) · es reesleer (to elect for a subsequent time) · bg преизбирам (to elect for a subsequent time) · da genvælge (to elect for a subsequent time) · es reelegir (to elect for a subsequent time) · ja 改選する (to elect for a subsequent time) · sv omvälja (to elect for a subsequent time) · vi tái bầu cử (to elect for a subsequent time) · uk переобра́ти (to elect for a subsequent time) · de wiederwählen (to elect for a subsequent time) · la reēligō (to elect for a subsequent time) · vi tái cử (to elect for a subsequent time) · cmn 改選 /改选 (to elect for a subsequent time) · fr réélire (to elect for a subsequent time) · ca reescollir (to elect for a subsequent time) · hu újraválaszt (to elect for a subsequent time) · sv återvälja (to elect for a subsequent time) · es reesleír (to elect for a subsequent time) · vi tái bầu (to elect for a subsequent time) · fi valita uudelleen (to elect for a subsequent time) · ca reelegir (to elect for a subsequent time)