ballot
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting
Types & categories
- document hypernym
- absentee ballot hyponym
Related & opposite
- ballot derivation
Sense 2 verb
vote by ballot
The voters were balloting in this state
Types & categories
- vote hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
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
Types & categories
- selection hypernym
- block vote hyponym
- secret ballot hyponym
- split ticket hyponym
- straight ticket hyponym
- multiple voting hyponym
- casting vote hyponym
- veto hyponym
- write-in hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ballot |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | document |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | absentee ballot |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vote |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ballot |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | vote |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | vote |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | vote |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ballot |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | selection |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | block vote |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | secret ballot |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | split ticket |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | straight ticket |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | multiple voting |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | casting vote |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | veto |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | write-in |