Dictionary Entry
elect
elect is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
- 2adjective
Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.
- 3adjective
Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.
- 4noun
One chosen or set apart.
- 5noun
Those who are chosen for salvation.
- 6transitive verb
To pick out; to select; to choose.
- 7transitive verb
To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor.
- 8transitive verb
To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.
- 9noun
an exclusive group of people
"one of the elect who have power inside the government"
Synonyms
- 10verb
choose
"I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"
- 11verb
select by a vote for an office or membership
"We elected him chairman of the board"
- 12adjective
elected but not yet installed in office
"the president elect"
- 13adjective
selected as the best
"an elect circle of artists"
"elite colleges"
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