Get to know Enfranchise better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like liberate or accord.
Enfranchise meaning
- To grant the franchise to an entity, specifically:
- To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.
Synonyms of Enfranchise
Using Enfranchise
- The main meaning on this page is: To grant the franchise to an entity, specifically: | To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people. | To grant the franchise to an entity, specifically:
- Useful related words include: affranchise, liberate, set free, accord.
- In the example corpus, enfranchise often appears in combinations such as: to enfranchise.
Context around Enfranchise
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Enfranchise
- In this selection, "enfranchise" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, system, fully, large, african and consumers stand out and add context to how "enfranchise" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 4 will enfranchise about 1 and efforts to enfranchise african americans. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "enfranchise" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with enfranchise
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
If it passes, Amendment 4 will enfranchise about 1.5 million people. (12 words)
Nor did impeding markets for final goods to the planning system enfranchise consumers in meaningful ways. (16 words)
The social tensions led President Tubman to enfranchise the indigenous Liberians either in 1951 or 1963 (accounts differ). (18 words)
He would have preferred that the conflict arise over the legislative efforts to enfranchise African-Americans in the District of Columbia, a proposal that had been defeated overwhelmingly in an all-white referendum. (33 words)
Since Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory (see above) and not a U.S. state, the United States Constitution does not fully enfranchise US citizens residing in Puerto Rico. (29 words)
An emperor might emancipate or enfranchise large groups of people at once, all of whom would automatically receive the emperor's praenomen and nomen. (24 words)
Example sentences (6)
If it passes, Amendment 4 will enfranchise about 1.5 million people.
An emperor might emancipate or enfranchise large groups of people at once, all of whom would automatically receive the emperor's praenomen and nomen.
He would have preferred that the conflict arise over the legislative efforts to enfranchise African-Americans in the District of Columbia, a proposal that had been defeated overwhelmingly in an all-white referendum.
Nor did impeding markets for final goods to the planning system enfranchise consumers in meaningful ways.
Since Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory (see above) and not a U.S. state, the United States Constitution does not fully enfranchise US citizens residing in Puerto Rico.
The social tensions led President Tubman to enfranchise the indigenous Liberians either in 1951 or 1963 (accounts differ).
Common combinations with enfranchise
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to enfranchise 2×