ELECTS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

elects

verb

present tense third-person singular of elect

as in chooses

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities I've elected to study French as my foreign language

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Recent Examples of elects Auburn officials pointed to the way the city elects its council members. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026 If Carrick elects to pair Baleba with Mainoo, Baleba can take on the role of hard-running physical enforcer for the academy graduate, allowing Mainoo to focus on ball-progression duties. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 It is governed by a 60-member parliament that elects two captains regent every six months to serve jointly as heads of state, a power-sharing arrangement designed to prevent the concentration of authority. — Giada Zampano, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2026 The results on Amendment 4 and Amendment 5 marked a stunning repudiation of Republican policy in a state that overwhelmingly elects Republican lawmakers. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 In a blue wave, off-year election, a state that almost always elects Democrats to the Senate—not by huge margins, but pretty reliably by three or four points—should have been an easy hold. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026 How Charlotte elects its mayor Mayoral terms run two years and elections are partisan. — Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026 The district traditionally elects Democrats. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 23 June 2026 Once the party elects a new leader, that person is formally appointed as the prime minister by the monarch. — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026

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Once a name is retired, the committee chooses a replacement, using relatively short, easy-to-pronounce names, and not after individuals.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
If a user chooses to store a ChatGPT conversation in the cloud, however, relevant Messages content follows the same retention policies as other content in that conversation.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of chooses

Verb

When there are multiple logical possibilities for what the next word should be, the model typically selects one of those words by chance, based on their relative frequencies in the data.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Each envelope contains a message meant to encourage, validate or uplift the person who selects it.

— Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of selects

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Check back Thursday for complete College Football Playoff and national championship picks from The Athletic’s college football staff.

— Austin Mock, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Especially with Watson, CB’s pal, getting traded to the Cavs as part of a five-team swap that landed the Nuggets draft picks in ’31 and ’32.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026