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Vote

vəʊt

Vote definitions

noun

Inflections:

vote votes

a formal indication of a choice between two or more candidates or courses of action, expressed typically through a ballot or a show of hands

Synonyms:
ballot poll election referendum plebiscite public vote general election local election popular vote straw poll show of hands
- an act of giving or registering a vote
  
  "they are ready to put it to a vote"
- the choice expressed collectively by a body of electors or by a specified group
  
  "the nationalist vote in Northern Ireland"
- the right to register a choice in an election

verb

Inflections:

vote voted votes voting

give or register a vote

"they voted against the resolution"

Synonyms:
go to the polls cast one's vote mark one's ballot paper
- cause (someone) to gain or lose a particular post or honour by means of a vote
  
  "incompetent judges are voted out of office"
- used to express a wish to follow a particular course of action
  
  "I vote we have one more game"
- (of a legislature) grant or confer by vote
  
  "Parliament has voted the money for the proposed expenditure"
- reject something by means of a vote
  
  "the referendum call was voted down"