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. Geert Wilders:

   Rutte uses terrifying words when he says that the elections have put a halt to the wrong type of populist ... (He) has not got rid of me yet.

2. Kirstjen Nielsen:

   Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy, and it has become clear that they are the target of our adversaries who seek... to sow discord and undermine our way of life.

3. Lech Kaczynski:

   If we don't win the elections, we won't be able to build this tower in Warsaw.

4. Nancy Pelosi:

   Our priority( is) unifying. Impeachment is a very divisive approach. Elections should determine who is in office, if the President has broken law, he's not above the law, but that remains to be seen.

5. Curtis Houck:

   Whether it's the violence in Gaza right now or going back years ago to ‘World News Tonight’ almost ignoring the 2014 midterm elections altogether, ABC is not any less worse than CBS or NBC in their inability to give it to us straight.

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References

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