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GERRYMANDER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("gerrymander" is a kind of...):

cheat; cheating (a deception for profit to yourself)

Derivation:

gerrymander (divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts)

 II. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they gerrymander  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it gerrymanders  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: gerrymandered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: gerrymandered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: gerrymandering  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districtsplay

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "gerrymander" is one way to...):

divide; part; separate (come apart)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

gerrymander (an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage))

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