elect
B2Frequent NGSL-2UK /ɪˈlekt/US /ɪˈlekt/
Meaning
verb
to choose somebody to do a particular job by voting for them
“elect somebody/something, Voters will elect a new president on 30 March next year.”
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“Every day of my working week in my early 20s, I was reminded how incredibly fortunate I was to live in a country with a democratically elected government, where legal representation and”
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Every day of my working week in my early 20s, I was reminded how incredibly fortunate I was to live in a country with a democratically elected government, where legal representation and
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