- election - a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"
--1 is a kind of vote
--1 has particulars:reelection; general election; primary, primary election; by election, bye election; runoff Derived form: verb elect1 - election - the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"
--2 is a kind of choice, selection, option, pick
--2 has particulars: co-option, co-optation; cumulative vote- election - the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"
--3 is a kind of status, position
- election - the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
--4 is a kind of predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination
- election - the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"