voting booth
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈvoʊtɪŋ buːθ/
:
cabina de votación
- For example, in the voting booth, voters had only one CPSU-approved candidate for whom to cast a ballot.
- go to the voting booth
Your overbearing liberal wife won't be in the voting booth.
- Your overbearing liberal wife won't be in the voting booth.
- And they've said if I do this, that they will withdraw their objection to, to the requirement to show ID at the voting booth.
- But voting for a radical idea in a voting booth is very different from a full and active commitment to that idea.
- But learn, go into a voting booth knowing.
- Yet they went to the voting booth and booth and triple Trumped it.
- They March to the voting booth and act like they're supporting the troops.
- Yeah, yeah, big guy that that I believe that's why it's called the voting booth.
- And so the American populace goes to the votes, the voting booths tomorrow with one arm tied behind their back.
Examples
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No two people are allowed in a voting booth.
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I was 9 when I first saw the inside of a voting booth.
Blog text (13) -
My wife and I went to the voting booths this morning before work.
Blog text (4) -
As soon as you step in the voting booth, you acquire a duty to know what you're doing.
Blog text (1) -
Voting booths are private places, Mr. Pecker.
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The most basic form of involvement in politics is exercised privately in voting booths across the nation.
Academic text (2001) -
But, we both know in the South black voters are kept off the rolls and out of the voting booths by systematic intimidation and fear, Mr. President.
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In the voting booth, I carefully considered my choice before casting my ballot.
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Voting booths are set up in various locations to make it easier for citizens to participate in elections.
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After waiting in line, she finally entered the voting booth to make her voice heard.
Synonyms
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1.4
A small enclosed space where people sell things, give information, or vote
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3.4
A small private space where people mark their ballots when voting
How Enclosed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small private enclosure where one casts a vote' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'voting' (the act of casting a ballot) with 'booth' (an enclosed stall). This noun‑noun compound follows straightforward compositional patterns common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Voting booth comes from the small, private booth or stall with a curtain where a person goes alone to 'cast a vote'. That's why it means the little private place used for voting today.