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vote

Syllabification: (vote)
Pronunciation: /vōt/

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Definition of vote

noun

  • 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 or by voice.
  • an act of expressing a formal indication of choice:they are ready to put it to a vote
  • (the vote) the choice expressed collectively by a body of electors or by a specified group:the Republican vote in Florida
  • (the vote) the right to indicate a choice in an election.

verb

[no object]
  • give or register a vote:they voted against the resolution [with complement]:I voted Republican
  • [with object or complement] cause (someone) to gain or lose a particular post or honor by means of a vote:incompetent judges are voted out of office
  • [with clause] informal used to express a wish to follow a particular course of action:I vote we have one more game
  • [with object] (of a legislature) grant or confer by vote.
  • [with object] (vote something down) reject something by means of a vote.

Phrases

vote of confidence

a vote showing that a majority continues to support the policy of a leader or governing body.

vote of no confidence (or vote of censure)

a vote showing that a majority does not support the policy of a leader or governing body.

vote someone/something off the island

informal dismiss or reject someone or something as unsatisfactory:when a CEO gets voted off the island, the CFO typically gets dumped, too
[with reference to the reality television series Survivor (first broadcast in 2000), in which contestants are isolated in a remote area and gradually eliminated from competition through successive rounds of voting]

vote with one's feet

informal indicate an opinion by being present or absent.

Derivatives

voteless

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin votum 'a vow, wish', from vovere 'to vow'. The verb dates from the mid 16th century

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