electable
pronunciation
How to pronounce electable in British English:
UK [ɪ'lektəbl]
How to pronounce electable in American English:
US [ɪ'lektəbəl]
Word Origin
- electable (adj.)
- 1758, "qualified for election;" see elect (v.) + -able. Meaning "capable of getting enough support to win an election" is by 1962. Related: Electability.
Example
- 1. Mr gabriel is popular in the party but may not be electable .
- 2. The panhellenic socialist movement ( pasok ) , the only other electable party that supports reform , would come a distant third with 11.8 % .
- 3. Last year , when conservatives were searching desperately for someone both solidly conservative and electable , mr thompson 's name came up .
- 4. His task is to make his party electable , though his claim that " there is no lesson to be learned from the 2009 electoral defeat " suggests he has not yet given the matter much thought .
- 5. On becoming its leader in 2003 , mr layton made the party electable by distancing it from the unions and shifting towards the centre ground long occupied by the liberals .