reelection

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noun

Act of electing to office one previously elected to and serving in office.

OriginEnglish election ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
Less commonScrabble 12
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Meanings

nounreelection (plural reelections)

plural reelections · alternative re-election · alternative dated reëlection

  1. Act of electing to office one previously elected to and serving in office.

    In November 2024, Kiley won reelection in the district where Folsom is located by about 11 points, though Trumps' victory was closer to 3 points, according to data compiled by analyst Drew Savicki and cited by the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.

    2025 April 16, Andrew Stanton, “Bernie Sanders Rally Crowd Size Tops 30K in District Trump Won Three Times”, in Newsweek
  2. The fact of being reelected.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishelection
  7. Englishreelection

From re- + election.

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Translations

Afrikaans herverkiesing
  • herverkiesingthe fact of being reelected
Catalan reelecció
  • reeleccióthe fact of being reelected
Chinese Mandarin 連任 /连任, 再度當選 /再度当选
  • 連任 /连任 (liánrèn)the fact of being reelected
  • 再度當選 /再度当选 (zàidù dāngxuǎn)the fact of being reelected
Czech znovuzvolení
  • znovuzvoleníthe fact of being reelected
Danish genvalg
  • genvalgthe fact of being reelected
Esperanto reelektiĝo
  • reelektiĝothe fact of being reelected
Finnish uudelleenvalinta
  • uudelleenvalintathe fact of being reelected
French réélection
  • réélectionthe fact of being reelected
German Wiederwahl
  • Wiederwahlthe fact of being reelected
Greek επανεκλογή
  • επανεκλογή (epaneklogí)the fact of being reelected
Italian rielezione
  • rielezionethe fact of being reelected
Japanese 再選, 改選
  • 再選 (zaisen)the fact of being reelected
  • 改選 (kaisen)the fact of being reelected
Norwegian Bokmål gjenvalg
  • gjenvalgthe fact of being reelected
Polish reelekcja
  • reelekcjathe fact of being reelected
Portuguese reeleição
  • reeleiçãothe fact of being reelected
Russian переизбра́ние, перевы́боры
  • переизбра́ние (pereizbránije)the fact of being reelected
  • перевы́боры (perevýbory)the fact of being reelected
Spanish reelección
  • reelecciónthe fact of being reelected
Swedish omval
  • omvalthe fact of being reelected
Ukrainian переобра́ння, переви́бори
  • переобра́ння (pereobránnja)the fact of being reelected
  • переви́бори (perevýbory)the fact of being reelected
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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