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outvote

outvote verb: to cast more votes than another.

Verb

outvote (third-person singular simple present outvotes, present participle outvoting, simple past and past participle outvoted)

  1. (transitive) To cast more votes than another
  2. (transitive) To defeat another by obtaining more votes

Forms of outvote

third-person singular presentoutvotes
present participleoutvoting
past participleoutvoted
pastoutvoted

Origin of outvote

From out- + vote.

Questions about outvote

What does outvote mean?
Outvote means to cast more votes than another.
What part of speech is outvote?
Outvote is a verb.
What is the past tense of outvote?
The past tense of outvote is outvoted.

Words near outvote in the dictionary

  1. outvoicing
  2. outvomit
  3. outvomited
  4. outvomiting
  5. outvomits
  6. outvote
  7. outvoted
  8. outvoter
  9. outvoters
  10. outvotes
  11. outvoting

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