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countervote

/ˌkaʊntə(ɹ)ˈvəʊt/

countervote verb: to vote against.

Verb

countervote (third-person singular simple present countervotes, present participle countervoting, simple past and past participle countervoted)

  1. To vote against.
  2. To balance or overcome by voting.
    • he would doubtless have been more a Friend to himself and a Father to his Family than to have countervoted God in his Choice and Election for him.1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects

Noun

IPA/ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌvəʊt/

countervote (plural countervotes)

  1. A vote that goes against another.

countervote meaning in Tamil

countervote in Tamil

எதிர் வாக்களி

Forms of countervote

Verb
third-person singular presentcountervotes
present participlecountervoting
past participlecountervoted
pastcountervoted
Noun
pluralcountervotes

Origin of countervote

From counter- + vote.

Questions about countervote

What does countervote mean?
Countervote means to vote against.
What is countervote in Tamil?
Countervote in Tamil is எதிர் வாக்களி. See Countervote meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is countervote?
Countervote can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce countervote?
Countervote is pronounced /ˌkaʊntə(ɹ)ˈvəʊt/.
What is the past tense of countervote?
The past tense of countervote is countervoted.

Words near countervote in the dictionary

  1. countervisions
  2. countervolition
  3. countervolitional
  4. countervolley
  5. countervolleys
  6. countervote
  7. countervoted
  8. countervotes
  9. countervoting
  10. counterwager
  11. counterwagers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: countervote (page history and authors); countervote (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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