elected, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

elect (elects 3rd person present) (electing present participle) (elected past tense & past participle )

1  verb When people elect someone, they choose that person to represent them, by voting for them.
The people of the Philippines have voted to elect a new president...  V n
Manchester College elected him Principal in 1956...  V n n
The country is about to take a radical departure by electing a woman as its new president.  V n as n
♦ elected    adj ADJ n
...the country's democratically elected president.

2 verb If you elect to do something, you choose to do it.
FORMAL Those electing to smoke will be seated at the rear. V to-inf

3 adj Elect is added after words such as `president' or `governor' to indicate that a person has been elected to the post but has not officially started to carry out the duties involved.
FORMAL n ADJ
...the date when the president-elect takes office.