countervote

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/ˌkaʊntə(ɹ)ˈvəʊt//ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌvəʊt/

verb

To vote against.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person countervotes · participle present countervoting · participle past countervoted · past countervoted

  1. To vote against.
  2. To balance or overcome by voting.

    1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects 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.

nouncountervote (plural countervotes)

plural countervotes

  1. A vote that goes against another.

Origin

From counter- + vote.

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Cite this entry
APA

countervote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countervote

MLA

“countervote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countervote. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countervote,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countervote.

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