Definitions for ELECTIONS
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1. elections

   An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organisations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations. The global use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern representative democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens, where the elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot.Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair electoral systems where they are not in place, or improving the fairness or effectiveness of existing systems. Psephology is the study of results and other statistics relating to elections (especially with a view to predicting future results). Election is the fact of electing, or being elected. To elect means "to select or make a decision", and so sometimes other forms of ballot such as referendums are referred to as elections, especially in the United States.

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1. electionsnoun

   Plural noun of election.

   The government held the mid term elections during the autumn each governmental term.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 2, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ELECTIONS' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1743

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ELECTIONS' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2343

Anagrams for ELECTIONS »

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How to pronounce ELECTIONS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ELECTIONS in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ELECTIONS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of ELECTIONS in a Sentence

1. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko:

   Russia will support the UEFA General Secretary, Infantino, in the FIFA presidential elections, if the head of UEFA Platini is unable to take part.

2. Kevin Smith:

   All leadership elections remain on Thursday.

3. Antonio Barroso:

   Even if no successful motion is passed to oust Rajoy, the risk of early elections before the end of the year has increased significantly, if an early election is held before year-end, a centrist, market-friendly and pro-European government would be the most likely result.

4. Heather Williams:

   It's very easy to look at the shining star that is federal elections, senate Democrats get all the press, Senate Democrats get the attention. But the truth is, while those lights are shining there, the work is actually getting done in the states.

5. Dana Rohrabacher:

   Did they try to influence our election ? We have tried to influence their elections, and everybody's elections, the American people are being fed information that would lead The American people to believe that we need to be in a war-like stance when it comes to Russia.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections