countervoteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

counter- +‎ vote

発音

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ˌkaʊntə(ɹ)ˈvəʊt/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌvəʊt/

動詞

countervote (三人称単数 現在形 countervotes, 現在分詞 countervoting, 過去形および過去分詞形 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.

名詞

countervote (複数形 countervotes)

1. A vote that goes against another.

参照

countervote in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913