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# election

«election» in Mova's school dictionary: **when people vote to choose someone, like a leader, a…** — 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

noun (an election, elections)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### In the corpora

- [Before an election, leaflets with smiling faces land on the mat: each candidate explains what they promise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/2/)
- [They disagree honestly, and the next election lets everyone choose again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/7/)
- [An election is when adults vote to choose their leaders and representatives; candidates send leaflets to explain their promises.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/8/)
- [Before an election, a candidate in Liam's town promised «a new swimming pool for every school».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them/0/)
- [Two hundred years ago in most countries only men with property could vote, and women could not vote in national elections anywhere.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/32-votes-for-women/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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