"general election" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: general elections [plural]
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  1. An election, usually held at regular intervals, in which candidates are elected in all or most constituencies or electoral districts of a nation. Categories (topical): Politics Coordinate_terms (type of election): primary, special election Translations (election held at regular intervals): انتخابات عامة (intiḵābāt ʕāmma) [masculine, plural] (Arabic), elecció general [feminine] (Catalan), 大選 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 大选 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 大選 (Chinese Cantonese), 大选 (daai⁶ syun²) (Chinese Cantonese), 大選 (Chinese Mandarin), 大选 (dàxuǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), parlamentsvalg [neuter] (Danish), algemene verkiezingen [feminine, plural] (Dutch), ĝenerala balotado (Esperanto), parlamenttivaalit [plural] (Finnish), eduskuntavaalit (Finnish), élections générales [feminine, plural] (French), elección xeral [feminine] (Galician), საყოველთაო არჩევნები (saq̇oveltao arčevnebi) (Georgian), allgemeine Wahlen [feminine, plural] (German), általános választás (Hungarian), pemilihan umum (Indonesian), olltoghchán [masculine] (Irish), elezioni generali [feminine, plural] (Italian), 総選挙 (sōsenkyo) (alt: そうせんきょ) (Japanese), pilihan umum (Javanese), ಸಾರ್ವತ್ರಿಕ ಚುನಾವಣೆ (sārvatrika cunāvaṇe) (Kannada), 총선거 (chongseon'geo) (Korean), pilihan raya umum (Malay), parlamentsvalg [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), parlamentsval [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), انتخابات سراسری (entexâbât sarâsari) (Persian), wybory powszechne [plural] (Polish), eleição geral [feminine] (Portuguese), alegeri generale [feminine, plural] (Romanian), всео́бщие вы́боры (vseóbščije výbory) [masculine, plural] (Russian), о̏пћӣ ѝзбори [Cyrillic, masculine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), ȍpćī ìzbor [Roman, masculine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), මහා මැතිවරණ (mahā mætiwaraṇa) (Sinhalese), allmänt val [neuter] (Swedish), การเลือกตั้งทั่วไป (gaan-lʉ̂ʉak-dtâng-tûua-bpai) (Thai), genel seçim (Turkish), عام انتخابات (āmm intixābāt) [masculine, plural] (Urdu), tổng tuyển cử (Vietnamese), etholiad cyffredinol [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (Cockney rhyming slang) An erection. Tags: Cockney, slang
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      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
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      "word": "parlamentsvalg"
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      "word": "algemene verkiezingen"
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      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
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      "word": "eduskuntavaalit"
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      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
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      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
      "word": "pemilihan umum"
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      "word": "olltoghchán"
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      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
      "word": "総選挙"
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      "roman": "sārvatrika cunāvaṇe",
      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
      "word": "ಸಾರ್ವತ್ರಿಕ ಚುನಾವಣೆ"
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      "roman": "chongseon'geo",
      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
      "word": "총선거"
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      "lang": "Malay",
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      "word": "pilihan raya umum"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "entexâbât sarâsari",
      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
      "word": "انتخابات سراسری"
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      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
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      "word": "wybory powszechne"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "eleição geral"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
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      "word": "alegeri generale"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "vseóbščije výbory",
      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
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      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
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      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
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      "code": "si",
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      "roman": "mahā mætiwaraṇa",
      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
      "word": "මහා මැතිවරණ"
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      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "allmänt val"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-lʉ̂ʉak-dtâng-tûua-bpai",
      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
      "word": "การเลือกตั้งทั่วไป"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
      "word": "genel seçim"
    },
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "āmm intixābāt",
      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
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      "word": "عام انتخابات"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
      "word": "tổng tuyển cử"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "election held at regular intervals",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "etholiad cyffredinol"
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  "word": "general election"
}

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