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1 elect
[i'lekt] 1. verb1) (to choose by vote: He was elected chairman; elected to the committee.) kjósa2) (to choose (to do something): They elected to go by taxi.) velja, kjósa sér2. adjective((placed immediately after noun) chosen for office but not yet in it: the president elect.) nÿkjörinn, verðandi- election- electioneer
- elector
- electoral
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2 congress
['koŋɡres, ]( American[) -ɡris]1) (a formal meeting, especially an assembly of delegates etc.) ráðstefna; þing2) (a law-making body or parliament, especially that of the United States: He has been elected to Congress.) þjóðþing•- congressman
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3 council
1) (a group of people formed in order to advise etc: The King formed a council of wise men; the Council for Recreation.) ráð2) (in the United Kingdom, a body of people elected to control the workings of local government in a county, region, district etc.) bæjar- eða borgarstjórn• -
4 councillor
noun (a person who is elected to serve on a council.) bæjar- eða borgarfulltrúi -
5 delegate
1. ['deləɡeit] verb(to give (a piece of work, power etc) to someone else: He delegates a great deal of work to his assistant.) fela, fá í hendur2. [-ɡət, ]( American[) -ɡeit] noun(an elected representative (to a conference, Parliament, committee etc): The delegates met in the conference room.) fulltrúi -
6 mayoress
1) (a mayor's wife: The mayor and mayoress attended the dinner.) eiginkona borgar-/bæjarstjóra2) (a female mayor: She has just been elected mayoress.) borgar-/bæjarstÿra -
7 pope
[pəup]((often with capital) the bishop of Rome, head of the Roman Catholic church: A new Pope has been elected.) páfi -
8 president
['prezidənt]1) (the leading member of a club, association etc: She was elected president of the Music Society.) forseti2) (the leader of a republic: the President of the United States.) forseti -
9 re-elect
[ri:i'lekt](to elect again: They have re-elected him to Parliament.) kjósa aftur, endurkjósa -
10 representative
[-tətiv]1) (being a good example (of something); typical: We need opinions from a representative sample of people; Is this poem representative of his work?) sem er dæmigerður2) (carried on by elected people: representative government.) fulltrúa- -
11 republic
((a country with) a form of government in which there is no king or queen, the power of government, law-making etc being given to one or more elected representatives (eg a president, members of a parliament etc): The United States is a republic - the United Kingdom is not.) lÿðveldi
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elected — elect e‧lect 1 [ɪˈlekt] verb [transitive] to choose someone for an official position by voting: • the country s first democratically elected president elect somebody to • John Brown was elected to the board last year. elect somebody ( as)… … Financial and business terms
Elected — Elect E*lect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Electing}.] 1. To pick out; to select; to choose. [1913 Webster] The deputy elected by the Lord. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
elected — Synonyms and related words: accepted, adopted, appointed, approved, carried, chosen, designated, elect, elected by acclamation, embraced, espoused, handpicked, named, nominated, passed, picked, ratified, select, selected, unanimously elected … Moby Thesaurus
elected — /i lek tid/, adj. 1. chosen by vote, as for an office (contrasted with appointed): an elected official. n. 2. elect (def. 10). [1550 60; ELECT + ED2] * * * … Universalium
elected — adj. Elected is used with these nouns: ↑assembly, ↑body, ↑chamber, ↑council, ↑executive, ↑leader, ↑legislature, ↑member, ↑office, ↑official, ↑parliament, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
elected — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. chosen, duly elected, voted in, in on a landslide; see named 2 … English dictionary for students
elected — un·elected; … English syllables
elected — The word elected, in its ordinary signification, carries with it the idea of a vote, generally popular, sometimes more restricted, and cannot be held the synonym of any other mode of filling a position … Black's law dictionary
elected — The word elected, in its ordinary signification, carries with it the idea of a vote, generally popular, sometimes more restricted, and cannot be held the synonym of any other mode of filling a position … Black's law dictionary
