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vote
/voʊt/
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What does vote mean?
noun
- A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
- An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.
- Any judgment of intellect leading not only to a formal opinion but also to a particular choice in a legally relevant measure, a point of view as published.
More meanings (7)
verb
- To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.
- To choose or grant (some objective) by means of a vote, or by general consent.
- To exercise one's voting right upon (a ballot or a share of stock).
noun
- A person from Votia or of Votic descent.
- (obsolete) An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
- (obsolete) A formalized petition or request.
- (obsolete) Any judgment of intellect leading to a formal opinion, a point of view.
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IPA pronunciation
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At most, they give only a cheap vote, and a feeble countenance and Godspeed, to the right, as it goes by them.
“I did not say there was anything against him except that. If you vote against him you will make him your enemy.”
More book examples (3)
He feels that because he is a white man, regardless of his possessions, a way will be found for him to vote.
Are they not swayed in politics by their "bosses", and do not many of them act and vote as their bosses dictate?
This proposal met with the greatest approval, they gave him loud acclamations, and called for it to be put to the vote.