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Learner’s Word of the Day
Learner’s Word of the Day
ballot ![Audio Pronunciation]()
Function: noun
Plural: ballots
Meanings:
1 [count] : a ticket or piece of paper used to vote in an election
Examples:
<a paper ballot = (British) a ballot paper>
<The issue was on the ballot in November. [=people voted to support or oppose the issue in the November election]>
<I cast my ballot [=voted] for the new candidate.>
2 : a process that allows people to vote in secret so that other people cannot see their votes
Examples:
[count] <They cast their votes in a secret ballot.>
[noncount] <She was elected by secretballot.>
3 a [noncount] : the total number of votes in an election
Example:
<He won 65 percent of the ballot. [=vote]>
3 b [noncount] : an election
Examples:
<He claims that his opponent won byrigging the ballot. [=by rigging the election; by dishonestly controlling the results of the election]>
Learn about ballot as a verb.
Plural: ballots
Meanings:
1 [count] : a ticket or piece of paper used to vote in an election
Examples:
<a paper ballot = (British) a ballot paper>
<The issue was on the ballot in November. [=people voted to support or oppose the issue in the November election]>
<I cast my ballot [=voted] for the new candidate.>
2 : a process that allows people to vote in secret so that other people cannot see their votes
Examples:
[count] <They cast their votes in a secret ballot.>
[noncount] <She was elected by secretballot.>
3 a [noncount] : the total number of votes in an election
Example:
<He won 65 percent of the ballot. [=vote]>
3 b [noncount] : an election
Examples:
<He claims that his opponent won byrigging the ballot. [=by rigging the election; by dishonestly controlling the results of the election]>
Learn about ballot as a verb.
