re-elect
verb /ˌriː ɪˈlekt/
/ˌriː ɪˈlekt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they re-elect | /ˌriː ɪˈlekt/ /ˌriː ɪˈlekt/ |
| he / she / it re-elects | /ˌriː ɪˈlekts/ /ˌriː ɪˈlekts/ |
| past simple re-elected | /ˌriː ɪˈlektɪd/ /ˌriː ɪˈlektɪd/ |
| past participle re-elected | /ˌriː ɪˈlektɪd/ /ˌriː ɪˈlektɪd/ |
| -ing form re-electing | /ˌriː ɪˈlektɪŋ/ /ˌriː ɪˈlektɪŋ/ |
- to elect somebody again
- re-elect somebody (to something) She was re-elected to parliament.
- re-elect somebody (as) something The committee voted to re-elect him (as) chairman.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRe-elect is used with these nouns as the object:- Congressman, Congresswoman
- president