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# elected

«elected» in Mova's school dictionary: **chosen by people voting** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb past form of elect (elect, elects, elected, electing); adjective (elected)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Elected means chosen by people voting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elected/#m1)

2) As an adjective, elected describes a person who got their job by a vote, like an elected leader. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elected/#m2)

3) (formal) Elected to do something means chose to do it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elected/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In social studies and school life: class representatives, school councils, mayors and governments are elected. In maths problems: the person with the most votes is elected; you add and compare votes. Phrases: elected by, elected as, newly elected, democratically elected, elected to.

### examples

- Sam was elected class captain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elected/#x1)
- The mayor was elected by the people of the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elected/#x2)
- Our school council is elected every term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elected/#x3)
- She was elected with 120 votes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elected/#x4)
- The newly elected leader gave a speech. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elected/#x5)
- He elected to stay at home rather than go to the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elected/#x6)
- George has been elected Professor of the Fifth Class, number Eight." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elected/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Noun: election; a person who votes is a voter or elector. In maths: if Ann has 45 votes and Ben 38, Ann is elected and wins by 7. A tie means no one wins yet.

### In the corpora

- [Parliament is where elected representatives, called MPs in the UK, debate and vote on new laws.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/15/)
- [Councillors are elected by local people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/4/)
- [The council is the local government that looks after roads, parks, bins, libraries and planning, run by elected councillors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/11/)
- [Venice was a merchant republic ruled by an elected Doge (a duke chosen for life) and councils of noble families.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean/6/)
- [Instead they made a republic, where citizens elected leaders for one year at a time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «elected» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elected/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.