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English word

elect

B2Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ɪˈlekt/US /ɪˈlekt/
verb

to choose somebody to do a particular job by voting for them

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Ban Ki-moon's Harvard Kennedy School Graduation Address (2023)
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Then what happened many years later when I was elected as Secretary-General?

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