Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to elect
Participle: elected
Gerund: electing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | elect |
| you | elect |
| he;she;it | elects |
| we | elect |
| you | elect |
| they | elect |
Perfect
| I | have elected |
| you | have elected |
| he;she;it | has elected |
| we | have elected |
| you | have elected |
| they | have elected |
Past
| I | elected |
| you | elected |
| he;she;it | elected |
| we | elected |
| you | elected |
| they | elected |
Pluperfect
| I | had elected |
| you | had elected |
| he;she;it | had elected |
| we | had elected |
| you | had elected |
| they | had elected |
Future
| I | will elect |
| you | will elect |
| he;she;it | will elect |
| we | will elect |
| you | will elect |
| they | will elect |
Future Perfect
| I | will have elected |
| you | will have elected |
| he;she;it | will have elected |
| we | will have elected |
| you | will have elected |
| they | will have elected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | elect |
| you | elect |
| he;she;it | elect |
| we | elect |
| you | elect |
| they | elect |
Perfect
| I | have elected |
| you | have elected |
| he;she;it | have elected |
| we | have elected |
| you | have elected |
| they | have elected |
Imperfect
| I | elected |
| you | elected |
| he;she;it | elected |
| we | elected |
| you | elected |
| they | elected |
Pluperfect
| I | had elected |
| you | had elected |
| he;she;it | had elected |
| we | had elected |
| you | had elected |
| they | had elected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would elect |
| you | would elect |
| he;she;it | would elect |
| we | would elect |
| you | would elect |
| they | would elect |
Perfect
| I | would have elected |
| you | would have elected |
| he;she;it | would have elected |
| we | would have elected |
| you | would have elected |
| they | would have elected |
Imperative
| you | elect |
| we | Let's elect |
| you | elect |
Verbs conjugated like 'elect'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'elect'
eject,
erect,
exect,
select,
adlect,
alert,
allect,
bleat,
blech,
bleck,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend.
2. Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ἐκ (ek), rather than e- (from ex).
Verbs referencing "elect"
Esperanto
elekti, Ido elektar.
Sample Sentences
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President Obama in a speech this past week said that we should solve the nation's bee problem. Oh, God, we elected a guy who sympathizes with bees? [2014, Norm Macdonald Live, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Norm Macdonald:]