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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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elect

/ɪˈlɛkt/

US pronunciation

American sound/ɪˈlɛkt/

ɪˈlɛkt

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

ɪ - ˈlɛkt -> elect

Myanmar meaning

(v) ~ sb (to sth); ~ sb (as sth) မပေးရွေးချယ်သည်။ ရွေးကောက်တင်မြှောက်သည်။ (fml) ရွေးချယ်သည်။ ဆုံးဖြတ်သည်။ adj (နာမ်ပုဒ်နောက်ဆက်အဖြစ် သုံးသည်။) ရွေးကောက် တင်မြှောက်ခြင်း ခံထားရသော်လည်း တာဝန်မယူရသေးသော။

Full entry

elect /Ç'lekt/ v

၁။ ~ sb (to sth); ~ sb (as sth)
မဲပေးရွေးချယ်သည်။ ရွေးကောက်တင်မြှောက်သည်။ an elected assembly/representative/leader ❍ They elected a new president. ❍ He failed to get elected. ❍ She was elected to parliament last year. ❍ We elected James (to be) chairman. ❍ He was elected as MP for Oxford East.
၂။ (fml ) ရွေးချယ်သည်။ ဆုံးဖြတ်သည်။ She elected to work overtime on Mondays.
adj (နာမ်ပုဒ်နောက်ဆက်အဖြစ် သုံးသည်။ ) ရွေးကောက် တင်မြှောက်ခြင်း ခံထားရသော်လည်း တာဝန်မယူရသေးသော။ the president elect.
❏ the elect n [pl v ] (fml ) လက်ရွေးစင်။

More examples

Every nation should have a right to elect its own government.
The council is elected by popular vote.
[elect someone to something] : He was elected to parliament by a large majority.
[elect someone as something] : Lee Yuan-tzu was elected the next day as Vice President.
[elect someone president/chairman/leader etc] : Smith was elected executive chairman of a new steering committee.
[elect someone to do something] : We were elected to tackle poverty, and that’s what we will do.

Synonyms

choose by ballot, select by ballot, vote for, return, accept, admit, appoint, ballot, best, carriage trade, choose, chosen, conclude, country club set, cull, decide on, decide upon, designate, determine, druthers, elite, future, glitterati, go down the line, in crowds, in-crowd, jet-set, judge, main line, mark, name, nominate, old money, opt for, optate, optimacy, pick, pick out, prefer, receive, resolve, select, selected, settle, settle on, single out, take, tap, vote, vote into office

Antonyms

abstain, begin, deny, disallow, dismiss, dispute, give, ignore, offer, refuse, reject, start, vote down, vote out, waver

Cross references

choose by ballot select by ballot vote for return accept admit appoint ballot best carriage trade choose chosen conclude country club set cull decide on decide upon designate determine druthers elite future glitterati go down the line in crowds in-crowd jet-set judge

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