Contextualizebeta

bypoll

noun

Etymology

From by- + poll.

  1. derived from *bew-✻ — “to blow, swell”
  2. derived from *bolno-✻
  3. derived from *poll✻
  4. derived from pol
  5. inherited from pol
  6. prefixed as bypoll — “by- + poll”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of by-election.

    • This was perhaps her expression of gratitude for the GJMM on the latter's support for the Trinamool candidate in the Rajgunj assembly bypoll.
    • Yet the ruling party has been able to win the Howrah bypoll comfortably.
    • Sawant is the widow of former MLA Bala Sawant who died sometime back and due to this this bypoll was held.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bypoll. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA