- election
- nounADJECTIVE▪ clean (esp. AmE), fair, free, open▪ fraudulent, rigged, stolen▪ close▪
Predicting the result of close elections is a perilous game.
▪ landslide▪The party won a landslide election.
▪ contested, disputed▪They demanded a rerun of the disputed presidential election.
▪ historic▪ competitive▪ popular▪the democratic concept of popular elections
▪ democratic, multiparty, non-partisan▪ direct, indirect▪ fresh, new▪ last▪ recent▪ early▪The prime minister may decide to call an early election.
▪ scheduled▪the scheduled Lebanese elections in May
▪ forthcoming, upcoming (esp. AmE)▪ special▪ primary (in the US), run-off (esp. AmE)▪ midterm, off-year (AmE)▪ recall (= an election to remove an elected official from office) (AmE)▪The Governor faces an unprecedented recall election.
▪ county, federal, local, municipal, national, nationwide, provincial, regional, state, statewide (AmE)▪ congressional, council (esp. BrE), general, gubernatorial (AmE), judicial, leadership, legislative, local-government, mayoral, papal, parliamentary, party, presidential, Senate▪ school board▪ student council (AmE), student government (AmE), student union (BrE)VERB + ELECTION▪ conduct, have, hold, run▪ call▪ contest, fight▪ run for (esp. AmE), stand for (esp. BrE)▪ dispute▪a bitterly disputed election
▪ lose, win▪ concede▪ sweep (AmE)▪The party swept Turkish elections in November.
▪ affect, influence▪ sway (esp. AmE), swing, tip (esp. AmE)▪votes which could swing the entire national election
▪ decide, determine▪The people will decide this election and they will prove all the polls wrong.
▪ organize, schedule (esp. AmE)▪ monitor, oversee, supervise▪ cancel, delay, postpone▪ derail▪The violence in the country will not derail the elections.
▪ fix, manipulate, rig, steal▪claims that voter fraud had stolen the election for the Republicans
▪ boycottELECTION + VERB▪ take place▪ be due, be scheduled for▪Elections are scheduled for November.
▪ approach, loomELECTION + NOUN▪ campaign▪ manifesto (esp. BrE), pledge (esp. BrE), promise▪ statement▪ issue▪Education is a key election issue.
▪ debate▪ strategy▪ battle, contest▪ turnout▪The election turnout in 2008 was high.
▪ ballot, poll▪ outcome, result, returns (esp. AmE)▪A lot hangs on the election result.
▪All counties have now certified their election returns.
▪ defeat, victory▪ broadcast (esp. BrE), coverage, news▪ procedure, process, system▪ candidate▪ administrator (AmE), commissioner, judge (AmE), monitor, observer, official (AmE), worker▪ board (esp. AmE), commission▪ office▪ date, day, eve, night, period, season, time, year▪It was successful in rallying voters at election time.
▪ cycle▪The US is reaching the end of its latest presidential election cycle.
▪ fraud▪ reformPREPOSITION▪ at a/the election, in a/the election▪in the 2001 general election
▪ by election▪Membership of the committee is by election.
▪ election to▪her election to the Senate
PHRASES▪ the outcome of an election▪ the run-up to an election▪opinion poll results in the run-up to elections
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
