"show of hands" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shows of hands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|shows of hands}} show of hands (plural shows of hands)
  1. A vote in which people raise a hand in order to state their agreement with something. Translations (vote by raising a hand): 舉手表決 (Chinese Mandarin), 举手表决 (jǔshǒu biǎojué) (Chinese Mandarin), håndsoprækning [common-gender] (Danish), hoofdelijke stemming (Dutch), käsiäänestys (Finnish), kättennostoäänestys (Finnish), vote à main levée [masculine] (French), alzata di mano [feminine] (Italian), handsopprekking [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), handsopprekning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), håndsopprekking [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), håndsopprekning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), handsopprekking [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), głosowanie przez podniesienie ręki [neuter] (Polish), voto levantando-se a mão [masculine] (Portuguese), handuppräckning [common-gender] (Swedish)

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