- elect, elite - selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"
Antonym: unselected (indirect, via selected)
- elect - elected but not yet installed in office; "the president elect"
Antonym: outgoing (indirect, via incoming)
- chosen, elect - an exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have power inside the government"
--1 is a kind of elite, elite group
Derived form: verb elect1
- elect - select by a vote for an office or membership; "We elected him chairman of the board"
--1 is one way to choose, take, select, pick out
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun election1, noun elect1, noun electorate1, noun elector1
They elect him as chairman
- elect - choose; "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"
--2 is one way to choose, take, select, pick out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE