to vote viva voce

  • 1Vote — Vote, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Voted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Voting}.] [Cf. F. voter.] To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in electing persons to office, in passing laws,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2voting viva voce — election during which people who are eligible to vote are able to vote only after their name is called …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 3vote — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, OK, PR, absentee voting, acceptance, adherence, admiration, approbation, approval, aye, back, back up, ballot, ballot box stuffing, be enfranchised, be implicated in, bear a hand,… …

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  • 4vote — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. poll, ballot; franchise, suffrage; choice, voice, option, election; referendum, plebiscite. v. cast a ballot; choose, select, elect, establish, enact, ratify, veto, nullify. See assent. II (Roget s… …

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  • 5straw vote — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, aye, ballot, barometer, canvass, canvassing, casting vote, counting heads, cumulative voting, deciding vote, division, enfranchisement, fagot vote, feeler, franchise, graveyard vote,… …

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  • 6vi|va vo|ce — «VY VUHVOH see», 1. by word of mouth; orally; oral: »Shall we vote viva voce or by ballot? The class was given a viva voce examination. 2. an oral examination, especially a supplementary one to written examinations given in British universities.… …

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  • 7ballot — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, Indiana ballot, Massachusetts ballot, absentee ballot, aye, blanket ballot, canvass, canvassing, casting vote, counting heads, cumulative voting, deciding vote, division, enfranchisement …

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  • 8plebiscite — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, aye, ballot, canvass, canvassing, casting vote, constitutional referendum, counting heads, cumulative voting, deciding vote, direct initiative, division, enfranchisement, facultative… …

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  • 9proportional representation — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, PR, absentee voting, aye, ballot, ballot box stuffing, canvass, canvassing, card voting, casting vote, colonization, counting heads, cumulative system, cumulative voting, deciding vote,… …

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  • 10referendum — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, aye, ballot, by election, canvass, canvassing, casting vote, caucus, closed primary, congressional election, constitutional referendum, contested election, counting heads, cumulative… …

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