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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cross-vote

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.75 in modern English

Syllables
cross-vote
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To vote for a candidate or political party other than one's preference, in order to block the election of a candidate one would prefer not to be elected.

noun

A cross-voted ballot.

Etymology

From cross- + vote.

Inflected Forms

cross-votes (present, singular) cross-voting (participle, present) cross-voted (participle, past) cross-voted (past) crossvote (alternative) cross vote (alternative) cross-votes (plural)

Phrases

cross-voting

Questions

What does cross-vote mean?
To vote for a candidate or political party other than one's preference, in order to block the election of a candidate one would prefer not to be elected.
Where does cross-vote come from?
From cross- + vote.

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