🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

participação em sorteio

Pronunciation / Transliteration: paɾtisipɐˈsɐ̃w ẽj̃ soɾˈtej.u

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sweepstakes entry/ˈswiːp.steɪks ˈen.tri/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14200 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Cada compra gera uma nova participação em sorteio."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An act of submitting information or a token to participate in a promotional contest or lottery where prizes are awarded by chance.

    "She submitted her sweepstakes entry online hoping to win the grand prize vacation."
  2. 2

    The formal submission form, coupon, or digital ticket used to enter a prize draw.

    "Each qualifying purchase granted the customer an additional sweepstakes entry."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'sweepstakes', originating in the 16th century from the practice of a gambler sweeping up all the stakes or wagers, and 'entry', derived from the Old French 'entree' meaning an act of entering. Together in modern marketing contexts, it refers to a submission or participation ticket in a promotional drawing.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Sweepstakes entry"?

10 Global Lexicons: How "Sweepstakes entry" is said worldwide

Click any language below to open its dedicated Language to English dictionary page with native script & transliteration

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Sweepstakes entry"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Sweepstakes entry" Synonym Map