re-electing
present participle ofre-elect
re-elect
verb[T]
(alsoreelect)uk/ˌriː.ɪˈlekt/us/ˌriː.ɪˈlekt/toelectsomeone again to aparticularposition
Elections
- absentee
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absentee voter
- absentee voting
- entrance poll
- exit poll
- first-past-the-post
- flip
- franchise
- primary
- proportional representation
- proxy
- proxy vote
- proxy voter
- votesomethingthrough
- voting
- voting booth
- voting machine
- voting slip
Examplesofre-electing
re-electing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
They can have the confidence that they have shown in the last four elections byre-electingus.
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It is not proposed to interfere with the action of the shareholders inre-electinghim.
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Therefore, electors should have the opportunity ofre-electingall councillors or rejecting them.
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It keeps onre-electingto power those who wage the cold war and pile up armaments.
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They ought to give those whom they represent an opportunity ofre-electingthem before they dip into the public purse for their own advantage.
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Will that coverre-electingthe associations?
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They can refrain fromre-electinghim.
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We cannot, however, ignore the fact that we were elected only for five years and that we arere-electing ourselves—a nice, comfortable and pleasant thing to do.
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His constituencyre-electinghim, his seat was again declared vacant by the same party and for the same reason.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The parliamentary activity accredited him for a position as a federal deputy in 1994,re-electingin 1998 and again in 2002.
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