BY-ELECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does by-election mean? 

• BY-ELECTION (noun)
  The noun BY-ELECTION has 1 sense:

1. a special election between regular elections

  Familiarity information: BY-ELECTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BY-ELECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A special election between regular elections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

by-election; bye-election

Hypernyms ("by-election" is a kind of...):

election (a vote to select the winner of a position or political office)