(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
When people ~ someone, they choose that person to represent them, by voting for them.
The people of the Philippines have voted to ~ a new president...
Manchester College ~ed him Principal in 1956...
The country is about to take a radical departure by ~ing a woman as its new president.
VERB: V n, V n n, V n as n
~ed
...the country’s democratically ~ed president.
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
If you ~ to do something, you choose to do it. (FORMAL)
Those ~ing to smoke will be seated at the rear.
VERB: V to-inf
3.
Elect is added after words such as ‘president’ or ‘governor’ to indicate that a person has been ~ed to the post but has not officially started to carry out the duties involved. (FORMAL)
...the date when the president-~ takes office.
ADJ: n ADJ