re-elect

A form of reelect — To elect for a second or subsequent time.

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Meanings

verbre-elect (third-person singular simple present re-elects, present participle re-electing, simple past and past participle re-elected)

present singular third person re-elects · participle present re-electing · participle past re-elected · past re-elected

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of reelect.

    Cash, who was appointed to the role following the death of Bob Crow in 2014 and then re-elected for a further five-year term in August 2019, had reportedly faced a number of clashes with the union's National Executive Committee in recent months.

    2020 November 18, Paul Stephen, “Network News: RMT's Cash retires after claims of harassment”, in Rail, page 18

Synonyms & antonyms

verbelect again

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elect
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

re-elect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-elect

MLA

“re-elect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-elect. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “re-elect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-elect.

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