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ELECTIONEER
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they electioneer
... he / she / it electioneers
Past simple: electioneered
Past participle: electioneered
-ing form: electioneering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Work actively for a political candidate or a party
Example:
My neighbors are busy electioneering during the Presidential election campaign
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "electioneer" is one way to...):
work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
electioneering (the campaign of a candidate to be elected)
electioneering (persuasion of voters in a political campaign)
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