"write-in" meaning in All languages combined

See write-in on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: write-ins [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from write in. So called because anybody wishing to vote for such a candidate must explicitly write the candidate's name on the ballot. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|write in}} Deverbal from write in Head templates: {{en-noun}} write-in (plural write-ins)
  1. (politics) A candidate whose name is not listed on the ballot. Tags: attributive, often Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-write-in-en-noun-Ey36swPo Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51 Topics: government, politics
  2. (politics) A vote made for a candidate of this kind. Tags: attributive, often Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-write-in-en-noun-1twwPKgd Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English deverbals: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51 Topics: government, politics

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for write-in meaning in All languages combined (2.7kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "write in"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from write in",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from write in. So called because anybody wishing to vote for such a candidate must explicitly write the candidate's name on the ballot.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "write-ins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "write-in (plural write-ins)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Politics",
          "orig": "en:Politics",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 February 19, Jeremy Pelzer, “Youngstown School Board member Dario Hunter seeks Green Party presidential nomination”, in cleveland.com",
          "text": "He won a write-in campaign for Youngstown school board in 2015; he joined the Green Party last year.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A candidate whose name is not listed on the ballot."
      ],
      "id": "en-write-in-en-noun-Ey36swPo",
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "candidate",
          "candidate"
        ],
        [
          "ballot",
          "ballot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) A candidate whose name is not listed on the ballot."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "often"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Politics",
          "orig": "en:Politics",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English deverbals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A vote made for a candidate of this kind."
      ],
      "id": "en-write-in-en-noun-1twwPKgd",
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "vote",
          "vote"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) A vote made for a candidate of this kind."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "often"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "write-in"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English deverbals",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "write in"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from write in",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from write in. So called because anybody wishing to vote for such a candidate must explicitly write the candidate's name on the ballot.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "write-ins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "write-in (plural write-ins)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Politics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 February 19, Jeremy Pelzer, “Youngstown School Board member Dario Hunter seeks Green Party presidential nomination”, in cleveland.com",
          "text": "He won a write-in campaign for Youngstown school board in 2015; he joined the Green Party last year.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A candidate whose name is not listed on the ballot."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "candidate",
          "candidate"
        ],
        [
          "ballot",
          "ballot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) A candidate whose name is not listed on the ballot."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "often"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Politics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A vote made for a candidate of this kind."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "vote",
          "vote"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) A vote made for a candidate of this kind."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "often"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "write-in"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.