Write-in

Quick meaning: Write-in is a noun meaning (politics) A candidate whose name is not listed on the ballot.

Meaning

(politics) A candidate whose name is not listed on the ballot.

More Meanings

1. (politics) A vote made for a candidate of this kind.
2. A social event for authors, at which they meet up to work on their writing together.
3. (crosswording, derogatory) A clue or puzzle that is so easy that the answer is immediately obvious.

Example Sentences

He won a write-in campaign for Youngstown school board in 2015; he joined the Green Party last year.

If you have come to a point where you just don't know where to go next in the story, going to a write-in can be a huge help.

Elsewhere there was a capital that crops up every now and then and which I never remember, and much that will have been a write-in for regular solvers.

NaNoWriMo also provides free resources and curriculum globally to over 80,000 students and educators in 2,000 classrooms. In addition a host of volunteers provide write-ins and events in 500 regions.

Word Forms

• write-ins

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include written, postal, zip, noncandidate, non-inscrit, nonincumbent.

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