Definitions for elected

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elected e·lect·ed

Spelling: [ih-lek-tid]

IPA: /ɪˈlɛk tɪd/

Elected is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in elected (cdeeelt).

Definitions for elected

noun

1. elect (def 10).
2. a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
3. Theology. a person or persons chosen by God, especially for favor or salvation.

adjective

1. chosen by vote, as for an office (contrasted with appointed):
2. selected, as for an office, but not yet inducted (usually used in combination following a noun):
3. select or choice:
4. Theology. chosen by God, especially for eternal life.

verb (used with object)

1. to choose or select by vote, as for an office: Antonyms: reject.
2. to determine in favor of (a method, course of action, etc.). Antonyms: reject.
3. to pick out; choose:
4. Theology. (of God) to select for divine mercy or favor, especially for salvation.

verb (used without object)

1. to choose or select someone or something, as by voting.

Origin of elected

First recorded in 1550-60; elect + -ed²

Examples for elected

When our elected representatives assume their respective offices, they take an oath to “protect and defend the Constitution.”

But he elected instead to have a very visible affair with a music-hall star.

The state also elected Republican Nikki Haley, an Indian-American, as governor.

In 1865, Mr. Chapin was elected Mayor of the city of Cleveland.

The elected physicians are not allowed to receive any payment whatever from their patients.

When Fossella was first elected to Congress in 1997 at age 32, Molinari was described as his political godfather.

Mr. Bradburn was in 1839 elected to the City Council from the Third ward.

In 1844, he was elected to the State Senate from the Franklin district.

In 1841, he was elected a member and made chairman of the Board of School Managers.

Finally free of Japanese interference, Korea elected its first autonomous government in almost half a century.