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# election

noun (an election, elections)

«election» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An election is when people vote to choose someone, like a leader, a government or a class representative. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/election/#m1)

### In the lessons

In citizenship lessons pupils learn how elections work: candidates, votes, counting. Schools hold elections for school council. In maths, votes are counted, compared and shown in bar charts; the winner has the most votes. Phrases: general election, hold an election, win/lose an election, election day.

### Examples

- Our class held an election for school council. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/election/#x1)
- The country votes in a general election. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/election/#x2)
- She won the election by 5 votes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/election/#x3)
- Who will win the election? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/election/#x4)
- People who are 18 or older can vote in the election. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/election/#x5)
- The election results were shown on a bar chart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/election/#x6)
- He stood in the election but lost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/election/#x7)
- Out of 28 votes, Ana got 15, so she won the election. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/election/#x8)
- Shortly after that, another election among the Animals was held. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/election/#x9)

### Note

Starts with a vowel: "an election". Verb: elect. Countable. Related: vote, voter, candidate, ballot. In problems: the winner has the most votes; majority means more than half.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «election» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/election/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«election» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/election.html) on Mova free.