Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A vote that has been cast but that shows no legally valid preference for a candidate in an election.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The number of such votes in an election.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To spoil a ballot by marking it for fewer choices than mandated by the rules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English vote English undervote From under- + vote.
