Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vote of confidence

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables
vote of -con-fi-dence
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly to give members the chance to express their confidence in a government; sometimes proposed by a government to counter a vote of no confidence proposed by the opposition; defeat would lead to the resignation of the government.

noun

Any indication of confidence in another.

Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

votes of confidence (plural)

Synonyms

motion of confidence confidence vote

Antonyms

vote of no confidence

Questions

What does vote of confidence mean?
A motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly to give members the chance to express their confidence in a government; sometimes proposed by a government to counter a vote of no confidence proposed by the opposition; defeat would lead to the resignation of the government.

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