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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voting; recording of vote |
| Synonyms: | election, franchise, plebiscite, poll, polling, referendum, slate, tally, ticket |
| Main Entry: | elect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select as representative; choose |
| Synonyms: | accept, admit, appoint, ballot, conclude, cull, decide upon, designate, determine, go down the line, judge, mark, name, nominate, opt for, optate, pick, pick out, prefer, receive, resolve, settle, settle on, single out, take, tap, vote, vote for |
| Antonyms: | ignore, vote down, vote out |
| Main Entry: | election |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | choosing; voting |
| Synonyms: | alternative, appointment, ballot, balloting, choice, decision, determination, franchise, judgment, option, poll, polls, preference, primary, referendum, selection, ticket, vote-casting |
Example Sentences
- Instead of going to the polling places, all the ballots and ballot boxes were delivered to the district government's headquarters.
- Voters also sent a mixed message on ballot measures.
- The council could also place its own initiatives on the ballot.
| Main Entry: | franchise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority, right |
| Synonyms: | authorization, ballot, charter, exemption, freedom, immunity, patent, prerogative, privilege, suffrage, vote |
| Main Entry: | list |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | record, tabulation |
| Synonyms: | account, agenda, archive, arrangement, ballot, bill, brief, bulletin, calendar, canon, catalog, catalogue, census, checklist, contents, dictionary, directory, docket, draft, enumeration, file, gazette, index, inventory, invoice, lexicon, lineup, listing, loop, manifest, memorandum, menu, outline, panel, poll, program, prospectus, register, roll, roll call, row, schedule, screed, scroll, series, slate, statistics, syllabus, table, tally, thesaurus, ticket, timetable, vocabulary |
| Main Entry: | poll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | census; tally of answers to questions of opinion |
| Synonyms: | ballot, canvass, count, figures, opinion, returns, sampling, survey, vote, voting |
| Main Entry: | poll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take census; question |
| Synonyms: | ballot, canvass, enroll, examine, interview, list, register, sample, send up a balloon, survey, tally, test the waters, vote |
| Main Entry: | vote |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision or right to decide representation |
| Synonyms: | aye, ballot, choice, franchise, majority, nay, plebiscite, poll, referendum, secret ballot, show of hands, suffrage, tally, ticket, will, wish, yea, yes or no |
| Main Entry: | vote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide on representation |
| Synonyms: | ballot, cast ballot, cast vote, choose, confer, declare, determine, effect, elect, enact, enfranchise, establish, go to the polls, grant, judge, opt, pronounce, propose, put in office, recommend, return, second, suggest |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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