To select by vote for an office or for membership.
파생어
election [명] elective [형]
예문
1. elect a person as chairman (…을 의장으로 선출하다) 2. elect a person president (…을 총재로 선출하다) 3. He was elected for Congress in 1980. (그는 1980년에 국회 의원으로 선출되었다) 4. the President-elect (대통령 당선자) 5. elect suicide (자살을 택하다)
