crossvote
crossvote is the alternative form of cross-vote.
Meaning of cross-vote
Verb
cross-vote (third-person singular simple present cross-votes, present participle cross-voting, simple past and past participle cross-voted)
- To vote for a candidate or political party other than one's preference, in order to block the election of a candidate one would prefer not to be elected.
Forms of crossvote
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | crossvotes |
| present participle | crossvoting |
| past participle | crossvoted |
| past | crossvoted |
| Noun | |
| plural | crossvotes |
Questions about crossvote
- What is crossvote the alternative form of?
- Crossvote is the alternative form of cross-vote.
Words near crossvote in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: crossvote (page history and authors); cross-vote (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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