how to pronounce elect

/iˈlɛkt/

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elect is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of elect in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… these vital upgrades is to elect a welsh …”

meaning of elect

Elect means to choose or appoint someone to a position or office.

elect frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word elect occurs in english on average 5.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics elect can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that elect can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;