What does write-in mean?

write-in means "a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in write-in?

write-in has 2 syllables: wri-te-in. The stress falls on "wri".

What is another word for write-in?

Close synonyms include write-in candidate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is write-in a common word?

write-in is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

write-in — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters
Synonymswrite-in candidate
Broadercampaigner
2.
a vote cast by writing in the name of a candidate who is not listed on the ballot
Broadervote

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What does write-in mean?: write-in means "a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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