Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

put to the vote

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English

Syllables: put -to the vote
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To ask people to vote on a proposal.

Example Sentences

"Attempts to merge these unions in recent years have failed when put to the vote of members, but unionisation remains strong in the rail industry - not least because it has proved effective in keeping up wages."

Inflected Forms

puts to the vote (present, singular) putting to the vote (participle, present)

Questions

What does put to the vote mean?: To ask people to vote on a proposal.

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