Election and Purpose

Election

Election noun - The act or process of selecting.

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Purpose and election are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Purpose" instead a noun "Election".

Purpose noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

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Election and purpose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Election" instead a noun "Purpose".

special	special election	special purpose
normal	normal election	normal purpose
single	single election	single purpose
actual	actual election	actual purpose
Other adjectives: entire, real, main, new, major, general, political, final, primary.

More Truth in Television: The results of the 1912 election described above were exactly what Teddy Roosevelt wanted; he ran with the expectation of losing solely for the purpose of preventing Taft, whom he had grown to despise for not following the policies he had laid out, from being re-elected.

Source: Dark Horse Victory
Greek PM Kostas Karamanlis (New Democracy) was accused of calling in the 2009 snap election and doing a poor campaign on purpose because he knew that the economic meltdown was coming, and he wanted it to fall whole on a government headed by ND's main rival PASOK.

Source: Promoted to Scapegoat
However, once the issue of the election comes up, the cameras then gain a secondary purpose — as a ready source of viewing for the public so that they can decide who they would eventually vote for to be the next ruler.

Source: Manga / Castle Town Dandelion

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