English-Thai Dictionary

election

N การ เลือก  การ คัด สรร  kan-lueak

 

electioneer

VI รณ รงค์หาเสียง ให้ ผู้สมัครรับเลือกตั้ง  รณ รงค์หาเสียง ใน การเลือกตั้ง  campaign canvass ron-na-rong-ha-siang-hai-pu-sa-mak-rab-lueak-tang

 

electioneer

VI ใช้ อิทธิพล หรือ วิธีการ ที่ ไม่ ซื่อสัตย์ เพื่อ ได้ คะแนนเสียง มา  chai-id-ti-pon-rue-wi-ti-kan-ti-mai-sue-sad-puea-dai-ka-naen-siang-ma

 

electioneerer

N ผู้ดำเนินการ หาเสียง ให้ ผู้สมัคร เลือกตั้ง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ELECTION

n.[L. electio.] The act of choosing; choice; the act of selecting one or more from others. Hence appropriately, 1. The act of choosing a person to fill an office or employment, by any manifestation of preference, as by ballot, uplifted hands or viva voce; as the election of a king, of a president, or a mayor.
Corruption in elections is the great enemy of freedom.
2. Choice; voluntary preference; free will; liberty to act or not. It is at his election to accept or refuse.
3. Power of choosing or selecting.
4. Discernment; discrimination; distinction.
To use men with much difference and election is good.
5. In theology, divine choice; predetermination of God, by which persons are distinguished as objects of mercy, become subjects of grace, are sanctified and prepared for heaven.
There is a remnant according to the election of grace. Romans 11:5.
6. The public choice of officers.
7. The day of a public choice of officers.
8. Those who are elected.
The election hath obtained it. Romans 11:7.

 

ELECTIONEER

v.i.To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate.

 

ELECTIONEERING

ppr. Using influence to procure the election of a person.

 

ELECTIONEERING

n.The arts or practices used for securing the choice of one to office.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ELECTION

E *lec "tion, n. Etym: [F. élection, L. electio, fr. eligere to choose out. See Elect, a.]

 

1. The act of choosing; choice; selection.

 

2. The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor. Corruption in elections is the great enemy of freedom. J. Adams.

 

3. Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act. "By his own election led to ill. " Daniel.

 

4. Discriminating choice; discernment. [Obs. ] To use men with much difference and election is good. Bacon.

 

5. (Theol.)

 

Defn: Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the "five points " of Calvinism. There is a remnant according to the election of grace. Rom. xi. 5.

 

6. (Law )

 

Defn: The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.

 

7. Those who are elected. [Obs. ] The election hath obtained it. Rom. xi. 7. To contest an election. See under Contest. -- To make one's election, to choose. He has made his election to walk, in the main, in the old paths. Fitzed. Hall.

 

ELECTIONEER

E *lec `tion *eer ", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Electionered; p. pr. & vb. n.Electioneering. ]

 

Defn: To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate. A master of the whole art of electioneering. Macaulay.

 

ELECTIONEERER

ELECTIONEERER E *lec `tion *eer "er, n.

 

Defn: One who electioneers.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

election

e lec tion |iˈlekSHən əˈlɛkʃən | ▶noun a formal and organized process of electing or being elected, esp. of members of a political body: the 1860 presidential election | [ as modifier ] : an election year | the first of his family to run for election . • the act or an instance of electing: his election to the House of Representatives. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin electio (n- ), from eligere ‘pick out ’ (see elect ).

 

electioneer

e lec tion eer |iˌlekSHəˈni (ə )r əˈˌlɛkʃəˈˌnɪ (ə )r | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (usu. as noun electioneering ) (of a politician or political campaigner ) take part actively and energetically in the activities of an election campaign: the election will not be lost or won as the result of a few weeks of electioneering. ▶noun a campaigning politician during an election.

 

Oxford Dictionary

election

elec |tion |ɪˈlɛkʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position: the 2008 local elections | [ mass noun ] : he agreed to stand for election . • [ mass noun ] the action of electing or the fact of being elected: his election to the House of Representatives. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin electio (n- ), from eligere ‘pick out ’ (see elect ).

 

electioneer

elec ¦tion |eer |ɪˌlɛkʃəˈnɪə | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (usu. as noun electioneering ) (of a politician or political campaigner ) take part actively and energetically in a campaign to be elected to public office: the election will not be lost or won as the result of a few weeks of electioneering. ▶noun a campaigning politician during an election.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

election

election noun announcing the results of the election: ballot, vote, popular vote, ballot box; poll (s ); acclamation; primary. WORD LINKS psephology the statistical study of elections Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

electioneer

electioneer verb we electioneered for Stevenson in the fifties: campaign, canvass, go on the hustings.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

election

election noun 1 he was defeated in the 1992 election: ballot, vote, poll, referendum, plebiscite, general election, local election, popular vote, straw vote /poll, show of hands. 2 the election of a new leader: voting (in ), choosing, picking, selection, choice, appointment. ANTONYMS voting out. WORD LINKS election psephology study of elections Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

electioneer

electioneer verb he accused the opposition of electioneering by raising the issue: campaign, canvass, go on the hustings, doorstep; Brit. informal go out on the knocker.

 

French Dictionary

élection

élection n. f. nom féminin 1 Choix conforme aux résultats d ’un vote. : Une journée d ’élections. Déclencher des élections (et non *aller en élections ). 2 Choix particulier. : Une terre d ’élection.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

election

e lec tion /ɪlékʃ (ə )n /→elect 名詞 複 ～s /-z /U 〖個別的には 可算 〗1 «…を選ぶための » 選挙 , 投票 «for ,to » ; 〖形容詞的に 〗選挙の ▸ a local [national, presidential ] election 地方 [全国, 大統領 ]選挙 ▸ call [conduct, hold ] an election 選挙を実施する ▸ run ｟米 ｠ [stand ｟英 ｠] for an election 選挙に立候補する ▸ lose [win, carry ] an election by a small margin 小差で選挙に落選 [当選 ]する ▸ become a board member by election 投票により委員会のメンバーになる 2 «…への » 当選 «to » ; «…として » 選出されること «as » ▸ her election to the presidency 彼女が大統領に当選したこと 3 〘神 〙神の選択 [選び ] 〘個人に与えられた仕事や救済など 〙.～́ d à y (選挙の )投票日 ; ｟米 ｠〖E- D- 〗選挙の日 (→holiday 事情 ) 〘大統領 連邦議員選挙の投票日; 11月の第1月曜翌日の火曜日 〙.

 

electioneering

e lec tion eer ing /ɪlèkʃəní ə rɪŋ /名詞 U 選挙運動 (campaigning ).