election
US: /ɪˈɫɛkʃən/
UK: /ɪlˈɛkʃən/
UK: /ɪlˈɛkʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
election /i'lekʃn/
- danh từ
- sự chọn
- sự bầu cử; cuộc tuyển cử
- a general election: cuộc tổng tuyển cử
- (tôn giáo) sự chọn lên thiên đường
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U, C] the process of choosing a person or a group of people for a position, especially a political position, by voting: election campaigns / results + to win / lose an election + to vote in an election + In America, presidential elections are held every four years. + (BrE) How many candidates are standing for election? + (AmE) to run for election
2 [U] the fact of having been chosen by election: We welcome his election as president.
See also -
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
poll, vote, referendum, plebiscite; selection, choice, choosing, nomination, designation, appointment; voting, electing:
They held an election and Michael lost. The election of a new social secretary is required.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
fair, free | democratic, multi-party | rigged | direct, indirect | fresh, new | early
The prime minister may decide to call an early election.
| primary, run-off | federal, local, municipal, national, regional, state | congressional, council, general, gubernatorial, leadership, legislative, local government, mayoral, parliamentary, party, presidential, Senate
VERB + ELECTION
have, hold | call | contest, fight | stand for | lose, win | rig
ELECTION + VERB
take place | be due, be scheduled for
Elections are scheduled for November.
ELECTION + NOUN
campaign | manifesto, pledge, promise | broadcast | candidate | defeat, victory | day, night, year | fraud
PREP.
at/in a/the ~
in the 2001 general election
| by ~
Membership of the committee is by election.
| ~ to
her election to the Senate
PHRASES
the outcome of an election, the run-up to an election
opinion poll results in the run-up to elections
Concise English dictionary
elections-kʃn
noun
+a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
+the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice
+the status or fact of being elected
+the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
