( re-elects, re-electing, re-elected)
Note: in AM, also use 'reelect'
When someone such as a politician or an official who has been elected is re-elected , they win another election and are therefore able to continue in their position as, for example, president or an official in an organization.
The president will pursue lower taxes if he is re-elected...
...Ramon Mendoza was re-elected president of Real for a third successive four-year term...
He was overwhelmingly re-elected as party leader.
VERB : be V-ed , be V-ed n , be V-ed as n
• re-election
I would like to see him stand for re-election...
N-UNCOUNT