Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: ballot
IPA transcription: [b'ælət]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: ballot
    Meaning: a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting
  • Synonyms: vote, ballot, voting, balloting
    Meaning: a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: ballot
    Meaning: vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state"
Usage examples
  • They will do it at once unless, like men, they use the ballot for those political honors which many years of experience have taught men to be hollow.
  • A ballot was prepared containing fifty-six subjects of scientific and mechanical achievement and blank spaces in which other subjects might be written.