English Explanatory Dictionary

vote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
  2. An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.
  3. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
  4. A formalized petition or request.
  5. Any judgment of intellect leading to a formal opinion, a point of view.
  6. 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.
verb
  1. To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.
  2. To choose or grant (some objective) by means of a vote, or by general consent.
  3. To exercise one's voting right upon (a ballot or a share of stock).
noun
  1. A person from Votia or of Votic descent.

Pronunciation

/vəʊt/ /voʊt/ en-us-vote.ogg /(ʋ)oʈ/ /vəʉt/

Word forms

vote votes voting voted no-table-tags glossary votest votedst voteth Vod Vot

Etymology

From Latin vōtum, a form of voveō (“to vow”) (cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “to vow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- (“to promise, to vow”). Doublet of vow.

Synonyms

Votian

Related words

elect nominate Votia Votian Votic

Derived words

absentee vote alternative vote block vote bullet vote casting vote cast one's vote cemetery vote confidence vote get out the vote ghost vote indicative vote no-confidence vote nonvote proxy vote put to the vote silent vote single transferable vote subvote televote vote-a-rama votebank vote bank vote buying vote-by-mail vote-catching vote-getter voteless vote mob vote-shame vote shaming votesheet vote-winner voteworthy cross-vote downvote overvote revote undervote upvote countervote how-to-vote card like turkeys voting for Christmas like turkeys voting for an early Christmas misvote old enough to vote outvote postvote prevote unvote unvoted votable voteable vote blue no matter who vote early, vote often voter vote with one's feet vote with one's wallet voting

Translations

Afrikaans: stem Albanian: drejtë Albanian: votë Albanian: votim Arabic: صَوْت Arabic: تَصْوِيت Armenian: քվեարկություն Assamese: ভোট Asturian: votu Azerbaijani: səs Bashkir: тауыш Belarusian: го́лас Belarusian: во́тум Bengali: ভোট Bulgarian: глас Burmese: မဲ Burmese: မဲဆန္ဒ Catalan: vot Chinese Cantonese: 投票 Chinese Cantonese: 表決 /表决 Chinese Mandarin: 投票 Chinese Mandarin: 表決 /表决 Czech: hlas Danish: afstemning Danish: stemme Dutch: stem Dutch: stembusgang Esperanto: voĉdono Esperanto: baloto Estonian: hääletamine Finnish: äänestys Finnish: ääni French: voix French: vote Galician: voto Georgian: ხმა German: Stimme German: Votum Greek: ψηφοφορία Ancient Greek: ψηφοφορίᾱ Ancient Greek: χειροτονίᾱ Haitian Creole: vòt Hebrew: בְּחִירָה Hindi: वोट Hungarian: szavazás Icelandic: kosning Ilocano: botos Indonesian: pemungutan suara Irish: vóta Italian: voto Japanese: 投票 Kashubian: głos Kazakh: дауыс Kazakh: вотум Khmer: ការបោះឆ្នោត
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