VOTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vote mean? 

• VOTE (noun)
  The noun VOTE has 5 senses:

1. a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative

2. the opinion of a group as determined by voting

3. a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment

4. a body of voters who have the same interests

5. the total number of voters who participated

  Familiarity information: VOTE used as a noun is common.

• VOTE (verb)
  The verb VOTE has 5 senses:

1. express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote

2. express one's choice or preference by vote

3. express a choice or opinion

4. be guided by in voting

5. bring into existence or make available by vote

  Familiarity information: VOTE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VOTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ballot; balloting; vote; voting

Context example:

they allowed just one vote per person

Hypernyms ("vote" is a kind of...):

choice; option; pick; selection (the act of choosing or selecting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vote"):

write-in (a vote cast by writing in the name of a candidate who is not listed on the ballot)

veto (a vote that blocks a decision)

casting vote (the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tie)

multiple voting (the act of voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.))

straight ticket (a ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of one party)

split ticket (a ballot cast by a voter who votes for candidates from more than one party)

secret ballot (a vote in which each person's choice is secret but the totaled votes are public)

block vote (a vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate represents)

Derivation:

vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote)

vote (express one's choice or preference by vote)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The opinion of a group as determined by voting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

they put the question to a vote

Hypernyms ("vote" is a kind of...):

group action (action taken by a group of people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vote"):

referendum (a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate)

election (a vote to select the winner of a position or political office)

plebiscite (a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance)

Derivation:

vote (express one's choice or preference by vote)

vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

right to vote; suffrage; vote

Context example:

American women got the vote in 1920

Hypernyms ("vote" is a kind of...):

enfranchisement; franchise (a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vote"):

universal suffrage (suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country)

Derivation:

vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A body of voters who have the same interests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

he failed to get the Black vote

Hypernyms ("vote" is a kind of...):

body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity)

Holonyms ("vote" is a member of...):

electorate (the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote)

Derivation:

vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote)

vote (express one's choice or preference by vote)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The total number of voters who participated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

vote; voter turnout

Context example:

they are expecting a large vote

Hypernyms ("vote" is a kind of...):

numerical quantity (a quantity expressed as a number)

Derivation:

vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote)

vote (express one's choice or preference by vote)

• VOTE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they vote    ... he / she / it votes   
Past simple: voted   
Past participle: voted   
-ing form: voting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

None of the Democrats voted last night

Hypernyms (to "vote" is one way to...):

choose; pick out; select; take (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives)

Verb group:

vote (express one's choice or preference by vote)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vote"):

write in (cast a vote by inserting a name that does not appear on the ballot)

turn thumbs down; vote down (vote against)

outvote (defeat by a majority of votes)

ballot (vote by ballot)

poll (vote in an election at a polling station)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Also:

vote out (thwart the passage of)

vote in (elect in a voting process)

Derivation:

vote (the total number of voters who participated)

voting (a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative)

voter (a citizen who has a legal right to vote)

vote (a body of voters who have the same interests)

vote (a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment)

vote (a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative)

vote (the opinion of a group as determined by voting)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Express one's choice or preference by vote

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

vote the Democratic ticket

Hypernyms (to "vote" is one way to...):

express; state (indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.)

Verb group:

vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vote"):

bullet vote (vote cumulatively and distribute the votes according to some principle)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

vote (the opinion of a group as determined by voting)

vote (a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative)

vote (the total number of voters who participated)

vote (a body of voters who have the same interests)

voter (a citizen who has a legal right to vote)

voting (a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Express a choice or opinion

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant

Hypernyms (to "vote" is one way to...):

express; state (indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vote"):

vote (bring into existence or make available by vote)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be guided by in voting

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

vote one's conscience

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Bring into existence or make available by vote

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia

Hypernyms (to "vote" is one way to...):

vote (express a choice or opinion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

voter (a citizen who has a legal right to vote)

 Context examples 

In the latest vote in 2014, the proposal garnered 69%.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)

This card-room would be wanted as a card-room now; or, if cards were conveniently voted unnecessary by their four selves, still was it not too small for any comfortable supper?

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Before you arrive at the full moon, you have one outstanding day earlier, Friday, November 8, which has my vote for the best day of the month.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In a vote, on the 4 September 2008 the EP asked the Council to be more demanding on exposure levels this is proof that the subject leaves no one indifferent.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

"Now then, vote again. Everybody remember it's our Laurie, and say, 'Aye!'" cried Snodgrass excitedly.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Mr. Morris resumed the discussion:—As there is no time to lose, I vote we have a look at his house right now.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Come, now,” said George, “you don't fool this crew no more. You're a funny man, by your account; but you're over now, and you'll maybe step down off that barrel and help vote.”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I have been specially invited to be present upon the platform, and to move a vote of thanks to the lecturer.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was a pleasant evening indeed, and we voted that as a social function on Endeavour Island it had not yet been eclipsed.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“Come,” cried the inspector, laughing; “it’s a very pretty diversity of opinion. We have boxed the compass among us. Who do you give your casting vote to?”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)