Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

direct election

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

Syllables: di-rec-t -elec-tion
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An election process in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons, or political party that they desire to see elected.

Inflected Forms

direct elections (plural)

Antonyms

indirect election

Questions

What does direct election mean?: An election process in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons, or political party that they desire to see elected.

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