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Spell Bee Word: Electorate


What does electorate mean?

Word: Electorate

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Electorate means all the people in a country or area who are allowed to choose their representatives in an election.

Synonyms: electors

How do you spell electorate?

Syllables: e - lec - to - rate

Tricky part: The vowel after the t is o, not e, and the word ends in ate with a final e.

Watch out for: electerate, electorat, electorite

Memory tip: The middle vowel is o, as in vote: an electorate is made of the people who vote.

Electorate in a sentence

Example 1: The young electorate in our town is growing every year.

Example 2: The candidate travelled to every village to meet the electorate.

Example 3: A large part of the electorate stayed home because of the heavy rain.

Fun Fact

Electorate was first used in the 1670s for the rank, and the lands, of the few German princes, called electors, who chose the emperor.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Before polling day, both parties worked hard to win over the young elektorate of the district.

a) young
b) elektorate
c) district
d) parties

Show answer

b) elektorate. The elect at the start is spelt with a c, as in election.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) parliament
b) ellectorate
c) constituency
d) candidate

Show answer

b) ellectorate. E-lec-to-rate has a single l after the first e.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

electorate

a) voters
b) leaders
c) judges
d) rulers

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a) voters. The electorate is simply all the voters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If a town's electorate is 50,000, then 50,000 people ____.

a) live in the town's centre
b) work for the town council
c) stood in the last election
d) are allowed to vote there

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d) are allowed to vote there

2. In a country where the voting age is 18, which of these people is NOT part of the electorate?

a) a 16-year-old student
b) a 45-year-old teacher
c) a 30-year-old farmer
d) a 70-year-old retired soldier

Show answer

a) a 16-year-old student

Associated Words

Words that end in -orate: elaborate, evaporate, deteriorate, collaborate, incorporate, ameliorate

More words from this list

grammar, liberate, paragraph, seer, underestimate, adventurous, bizarre, context

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