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Definitions: Electoral |
ElectoralAdjective1. Of or relating to elections; "electoral process". 2. Relating to or composed of electors; "electoral college". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "electoral" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Government | Political district, electoral division, electoral district, bailiwick. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Electoral |
| English words defined with "electoral": canvas, canvass ♦ direct ♦ Electoral college, electoral system, Electorial ♦ Joint meeting, Joint session ♦ landslide ♦ malfeasance, malpractice, mandate ♦ one-member ♦ play ♦ scrutin uninomial system, scrutin uninominal voting system, single-member system ♦ uninominal, uninominal system, uninominal voting system. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "electoral": corrupt electoral practices ♦ electoral corruption, electoral deposit, electoral fraud, electoral group, Electoral Reform International Services, electoral roll ♦ pivotal state. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Electoral" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (elective, electoral), Spanish (electoral). |
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Screenplays | 15 electoral votes and is, as you know, half Jewish. (The Sum of All Fears; writing credit: Paul Attanasio) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Joannes Philippus Burggrave : Med. Doct. Consiliar et Archiater Electoral. / F. Lippoldt pinx. J. Jacob Haid sc. et exc A.V.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Business | Nonpartisan counselors run the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE). (references) | |
The IFE provides support to state and local electoral authorities. (references) | ||
An electoral change in the party make up of the governing coalition may re-focus efforts to cut expenditures. (references) | ||
Children | Mozambique | The only provisions that the Government has enacted for accessibility to buildings and transportation for persons with disabilities were in the electoral law governing the country's first multiparty elections, which addressed the needs of voters with disabilities in the polling booths. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Ghana | The Electoral Commission (EC) must accredit political parties. (references) |
Guatemala | Despite the FRG's electoral sweep of most major offices, Rabbe was defeated. (references) | |
Economic History | Malta | Administrative subdivisions: 13 electoral districts. (references) |
Jamaica | Subdivisions: 14 parishes, 60 electoral constituencies. (references) | |
Togo | Most opposition parties accepted the new Electoral Code. (references) | |
Human Rights | Mexico | The law prohibits electronic surveillance for electoral, civil, commercial, labor, or administrative purposes. (references) |
Kenya | The Institute for Education in Democracy and other NGO's monitor elections in cooperation with the Electoral Commission and diplomatic missions. (references) | |
Tanzania | In November 2000, six persons reportedly were arrested on charges of attempted manslaughter of a Zanzibar Electoral commission officer in Wete, Pemba. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Brazil | No progress was made in the case of mass sterilizations promoted among women of the Pataxo tribe of Bahia by Federal Deputy Dr. Roland Lavigne in exchange for votes during his 1994 electoral campaign. (references) |
Nicaragua | Based on 1998 information from the Center for Investigation and Documentation of the Atlantic Coast and other sources, the 4 major identifiable tribes are the Miskito (with approximately 100,000 members), the Sumo (10,000), the Garifuna (3,000), and the Rama (1,000). In an effort to encourage indigenous participation in Atlantic coast regional elections held in 1998, the CSE distributed electoral and civic education materials in four languages, including Miskito and Sumo. (references) | |
Minorities | Ukraine | Demonstrations held on the anniversary of the deportation of Crimean Tatars during the year were smaller and less politicized; however, Crimean-Tatar leaders continued to call for changes in the electoral law that would allow them to achieve greater representation in the Crimean legislature. (references) |
Political Economy | Pakistan | It has a formidable street power but very little electoral following. (references) |
Benin | Only about a dozen parties and coalitions, however, command any significant electoral support. (references) | |
Ukraine | Regions of Ukraine, Labor Ukraine, the Agrarians and NDP are moving towards a possible electoral alliance. (references) | |
Political Rights | Dominican Republic | The Central Electoral Board conducts all elections. (references) |
Armenia | There were no legal consequences for electoral fraud. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | Electoral officers did not operate in a fully open and transparent manner. (references) | |
Women | Paraguay | Several groups work to improve conditions for women, including Women for Democracy, which is active in civic and electoral education. (references) |
Worker Rights | Venezuela | On October 23, the CTV held internal elections and on November 18, the CTV's electoral commission proclaimed Carlos Ortega the winner with about 57 percent of the vote. (references) |
Venezuela | However, Articles 23 and 95 of the Constitution, which provide for freedom of association, are contradicted by Article 293, which gives the National Electoral Council the authority to administer the labor confederations. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Rush Limbaugh | The Electoral College, in elegant operation for the duration of the Republic, must be abolished. |
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William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | My chief purpose is not to effect a change in the electoral vote of the Southern States. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Too many Americans feel powerless against the influence of private lobbying groups and the unbelievable flood of private campaign money which threatens our electoral process. |
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| "Electoral" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Electoral" is used about 2,160 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2,160 | 4,043 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "electoral": corrupt electoral practices ♦ electoral area ♦ electoral campaign ♦ electoral college ♦ electoral corruption ♦ electoral deposit ♦ electoral district ♦ electoral division ♦ electoral fraud ♦ electoral group ♦ electoral law ♦ electoral pledge ♦ electoral prince ♦ electoral quota ♦ electoral rallying ♦ Electoral Reform International Services ♦ electoral register ♦ electoral registers ♦ electoral rigging ♦ electoral roll ♦ electoral system ♦ electoral vote. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "electoral": pre-electoral. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
electoral college | 321 |
instituto federal electoral | 118 |
electoral roll | 83 |
electoral padron | 60 |
electoral | 56 |
electoral register | 47 |
electoral vote | 44 |
electoral roll uk | 31 |
electoral role | 25 |
electoral jamaica office | 22 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "electoral"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | elektoral, i zgjedhësve. (various references) | |
Arabic | منتخبي, إنتخابي (elective). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | избирателен (election, elective). (various references) | |
Chinese | 选举 (Elect, Elected, Electing, Elective). (various references) | |
Czech | volièský, volební (elective). (various references) | |
Danish | valglovgivning (electoral law), divisor (electoral divisor), goere brug af sine valgrettigheder (to enjoy one's electoral rights), sikre valgkredse (electoral strongholds), valgbestyrelsens formand (chief electoral officer, presiding officer, returning officer), valgbestyrelsens sammensaetning og virksomhed (composition and functioning of the electoral offices), valgkaution (electoral deposit), valgkollegium (electoral college), valgleder (chief electoral officer, presiding officer, returning officer), afviklingen af valget (electoral process), valglove (Electoral Laws, Franchise Act), valgtraditoner (electoral traditions/customs), valgmaend (electoral college, second-degree electors), valgmateriale (electoral mail, electoral material), valg-post (electoral mail, electoral material), valgpraksis (electoral traditions/customs), valgreform (electoral reform), valgret (electoral law), valgstridigheder (electoral disputes), valgsvindel (electoral fraud, illegal practices at elections, voting offences), valgliste (electoral list, electoral roll, list of voters). (various references) | |
Dutch | kiesgroep (constituency, electoral group), de kiesmannen (electoral college, second-degree electors), de samenstelling en de werkwijze van het stembureau (composition and functioning of the electoral offices), de voorzitter van het stembureau (chief electoral officer, presiding officer, returning officer), fraude door kiezers of door leden van het stembureau (electoral fraud, illegal practices at elections, voting offences), geschil over de verkiezingen (electoral disputes), groep verkiezingsbijstand van de VN (UN Electoral Assistance Division), herziening van het kiesrecht (electoral reform), het kiesrecht (electoral law), internationale federatie van kiessystemen (International Federation of Electoral Systems), de kiesdeler (electoral divisor), kiesgerechtigd zijn (to enjoy one's electoral rights), verkiezongsproces (electoral process), kiesstelsel (electoral system), Kieswet (Electoral Laws, Franchise Act), Kieswetboek (Electoral Laws, Franchise Act), kiezerslijst (electoral roll), stembusakkoord (electoral pact), verkiezingsgebruiken (electoral traditions/customs), verkiezingsmateriaal (electoral mail, electoral material), verkiezingspost (electoral mail, electoral material), verkiezingstradities (electoral traditions/customs), verkiezingswaarborg (electoral deposit), kiesdistrict waar men steeds herkozen wordt (electoral strongholds). (various references) | |
Farsi | گزینگر. (various references) | |
Finnish | valitsijamiehistö (electoral college), vaalitapa (electoral system), vaalipiiri (constituency, electoral district), vaalilait (Electoral Laws, Franchise Act), vaalijärjestelmä (electoral system), vaalia koskeva riita (electoral disputes), äänestysluettelo (electoral list, list of voters). (various references) | |
French | électoral. (various references) | |
German | Wahl (ballot, choice, class, election, freedom of choice, grade, option, poll, polling, preference, quality, return, selection, vote, voting). (various references) | |
Greek | προεκλογικόσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | választói. (various references) | |
Italian | elettorale (treatment). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 被選挙資 (electoral eligibility), 選挙違反 (electoral irregularities), 選挙区 (electoral district, precinct), 選挙制度 (electoral system), 小選挙区 (single-member constituency, small electoral district). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しょうせ"きょく (single-member constituency, small electoral district), ひせ"きょしかく (electoral eligibility), せ"きょせいど (electoral system), せ"きょいは" (electoral irregularities), せ"きょく (chosen song, electoral district, precinct, the state of the war, tuning). (various references) | |
Manx | reihyssagh (electioneering, optional). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | electoralay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | eleitor (Burgess, constituent, elector, voter). (various references) | |
Romanian | electoral (elective), princiar (princely). (various references) | |
Russian | избирательный (constituent, election, elective, selectable, selective). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | izborni (constituent, election, elective). (various references) | |
Spanish | electoral. (various references) | |
Swedish | elektors-, valmans- (constituent), val- (cetacean, cetaceous, constituent, elective, polling), kurfurstlig. (various references) | |
Thai | เกี่ยวกับการเลือกตั้ง. (various references) | |
Turkish | seçmenler ile ilgili, seçmen ile ilgili. (various references) | |
Ukranian | виборчий (elective). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "electoral": electorally. (additional references) | |
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"Electoral" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alectoria, Alectura, Elastogran, electional, electoralism, electorial, electrol, Electrola, electrovac, electtoral, eleitoral, Elektroaila, Elettaria, eulittoral, selectoral. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "electoral" (pronounced ule"kterul) |
| 6 | -e" k t er u l | pectoral, sectoral. |
| 5 | -k t er u l | doctoral, postdoctoral. |
| 4 | -t er u l | bilateral, collateral, guttural, lateral, literal, littoral, multilateral, pastoral, trilateral, unilateral. |
| 3 | -er u l | admiral, agricultural, architectural, behavioral, Corporal, countercultural, cultural, doggerel, ephemeral, federal, femoral, funeral, Gen, general, horticultural, humoral, inaugural, intercultural, liberal, mackerel, mayoral, mineral, multicultural, natural, neoliberal, nomenclatural, nonagricultural, numeral, peripheral, pickerel, prefectural, procedural, scriptural, sculptural, structural, supernatural, temporal, unnatural, visceral. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-l-l-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: cellaret, collaret, corelate, ocellate, relocate. | |
-2 letters: collate, elector, electro, locater, ocellar, ocreate, reallot, treacle. | |
-3 letters: areole, caller, callet, cartel, cellae, cellar, cerate, cereal, claret, coaler, coatee, coater, collar, collet, colter, create, creole, ecarte, elater, lector, locale, locate, loreal, ocreae, oleate, oracle, recall, recoal, rectal, relace, relate, retell, taller, teller, tercel, toller. | |
-4 letters: actor, alert, allee, allot, alter, arete, artel, atoll, caret, carle, carol, carte, cater, cella, cello, ceorl, claro, clear, cleat, coral, crate, creel, eater, eclat, elate, elect, erect, lacer, laree, later, local, loral, oater, ocrea, octal, orate, ratel, react, recta, recto, relet, taler, taroc, telae, terce, tolar, trace, troll. | |
-5 letters: acre, aero, alec, alee, aloe, alto, arco, call, calo, care, carl, cart, cate, cell, celt, cere, cero, cete, clot, coal, coat, cola, cole, colt, core, cote, earl, lace, late, leal, lear, leer, leet, loca, lore, lota, olea, olla, oral, orca, orle, race, rale, rate, rato, real, reel, rete, role, roll, rota, rote, rotl, tace, taco, tael, talc, tale, tall, tare, taro, teal, tear, teel, tela, tele, tell, toea, tola, tole, toll, tora, torc, tore, tree. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-l-l-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: brocatelle, reallocate. | |
+2 letters: brocatelles, electorally, reallocated, reallocates, relocatable, vorticellae. | |
+3 letters: correlatable, crenellation, electroplate, esoterically, exoterically, meteorically, reflectional. | |
+4 letters: bioelectrical, caulifloweret, coldheartedly, collateralize, correlatively, crenellations, electrodermal, electroplated, electroplates, geometrically, heterothallic, myoelectrical, nonelectrical, precollegiate, stereological, theoretically, ultraviolence. | |
+5 letters: cauliflowerets, collateralized, collateralizes, collinearities, counterrallied, counterrallies, egocentrically, electronically, electroplating, electrothermal, estrogenically, exothermically, geocentrically, hepatocellular, herpetological, intermolecular, meteorological, ultraviolences. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6C 65 63 74 6F 72 61 6C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101100 01100101 01100011 01110100 01101111 01110010 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E l e c t o r a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006C 0065 0063 0074 006F 0072 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)397871698681846778 |
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