Meanings
- Used after a title to indicate that the person has been elected to hold the title, but has not yet officially taken it.
Senator-elect Li will be sworn in next month.
1 more example
The full outcome of the November election will only be known after January 5, when Georgia voters choose the two senators who will determine which party controls the US Senate – and thus President-elect Joe Biden’s ability to pass laws. […] It’s unclear how many will heed the call, but it’s worth remembering that Georgia just elected to Congress a QAnon devotee, Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene.
2020 December 29, Frida Ghitis, “Trump has set Republicans up to fail in Georgia”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2022
Origin
Translations
Finnish vastavalittu, tuleva
- vastavalittunot yet inaugurated
- tulevanot yet inaugurated
Hungarian megválasztott, várományos
- megválasztottnot yet inaugurated
- várományosnot yet inaugurated
Polish przyszły
- przyszłynot yet inaugurated
Swedish vald
- valdnot yet inaugurated
Vietnamese tân cử
- tân cửnot yet inaugurated
Cite this entry
-elect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-elect
“-elect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-elect. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-elect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-elect.
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