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vote en · NOUN

Pronunciation

(General-American) audio
/voʊt/ (General-American)
/vəʉt/ (Australia)
/(ʋ)oːʈ/ (India)
/vəʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰéyeti Proto-Italic *woɣʷeō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Proto-Italic *woɣʷetos Proto-Italic *wowitos Latin vōtus Latin vōtumder. English vote 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.

Meanings

A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
- The city council decided the matter should go to public vote.
- Parliament will hold a vote of confidence regarding the minister.
- Friday’s vote has permanently redefined the kilogram and sent Le Grand K into retirement. 2018 November 13, Matthew Robinson and Lianne Kolirin, “The world has just redefined the kilogram”, in CNN:
- One occasion indicative votes were used was in 2003 when MPs were presented with seven different options on how to reform the House of Lords.
An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.
- The Supreme Court upheld the principle of one person, one vote.
- If you vote once, you're considered a good citizen. If you vote twice, you face four years in jail. 2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 158:
- It is important to ensure that shareholders who engage with an investee company by voting know whether their votes have been correctly taken into account. Confirmation of receipt of votes should be provided in the case of electronic voting. In addition, each shareholder who casts a vote in a general meeting should at least have the possibility to verify after the general meeting whether the vote has been validly recorded and counted by the company. Directive (EU) 2017/828 amending Directive 2007/36/EC, recital 10
- As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could. 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC, page 01:
- There breathes no being but has some pretence / To that fine instinct called poetic sense; […] / The freeman, casting with unpurchased hand / The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. 1862 [1836], Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., “Poetry: A Metrical Essay”, in The Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, Mass.:: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, pages 7–8:
(obsolete) An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
- Jol[ante]. In you, Sir, / I live; and when, or by the Courſe of Nature, / Or Violence you muſt fall, the End of my / Devotions is, that one and the ſame Hour / May make us fit for Heaven. // Server. I join with you / In my votes that way: […] 1633, Philip Massinger, “The Guardian”, in Three New Playes; viz. The Bashful Lover, The Guardian, The Very Woman. As They have been Often Acted at the Private-House in Black-Friers, by His Late Majesties Servants, with Great Applause, London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his Shop at the Sign of the Prince's Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard, published 1655, OCLC 15553475; republished as “The Guardian. A Comical History. As It hath been Often Acted at the Private-House in Black-Friars, by His Late Majesty's Servants, with Great Applause, 1655.”, in Thomas Coxeter, editor, The Works of Philip Massinger. Volume the Fourth. Containing, The Guardian. A Very Woman. The Old Law. The City Madam. And Poems on Several Occasions, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Davies, in Russel-street, Covent-Garden, 1761, OCLC 6847259, Act V, scene i, page 71
(obsolete) A formalized petition or request.
(obsolete) Any judgment of intellect leading to a formal opinion, a point of view.
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.
- dissenting vote (i.e. in particular the differing opinion published with a judicial judgment considered as a source of information)

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
votes	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (185)

hu szavazás (formalised choice) · pl wotum (formalised choice) · eo voĉdono (formalised choice) · wa vôtaedje (formalised choice) · my မဲ (formalised choice) · sk hlasovanie (instance of voting) · cmn 表決 /表决 (formalised choice) · yue 表決 /表决 (formalised choice) · nb avstemning (formalised choice) · ru во́тум (formalised choice) · de Wählen (instance of voting) · ta வாக்கு (formalised choice) · lv balsošana (formalised choice) · ar تَصْوِيت (formalised choice) · sk hlas (formalised choice) · de Stimme (formalised choice) · ga vóta (formalised choice) · grc ψηφοφορίᾱ (formalised choice) · uk голосува́ння (instance of voting) · bg глас (formalised choice) · da afstemning (formalised choice) · el ψήφος (instance of voting) · grc ψηφοφορίᾱ (instance of voting) · ilo botos (formalised choice) · cmn 投票 (instance of voting) · de Abstimmung (instance of voting) · kk вотум (formalised choice) · cs hlas (formalised choice) · vi lá phiếu (instance of voting) · uz ovoz (formalised choice) · lg okulonda (formalised choice) · es plebiscito (formalised choice) · lo ການເລືອກຕັ້ງ (formalised choice) · tt тавыш (formalised choice) · tg раъй (formalised choice) · tg овоз (formalised choice) · fi ääni (formalised choice) · wa vote (formalised choice) · fr voix (formalised choice) · yi שטים (formalised choice) · io voto (instance of voting) · yue 投票 (formalised choice) · cy pleidlais (formalised choice) · et hääl (instance of voting) · ca vot (formalised choice) · pt voto (formalised choice) · csb głos (formalised choice) · vi (cuộc) bầu cử (formalised choice) · is atkvæði (instance of voting) · se jietna (instance of voting) · nrf vote (formalised choice) · fr vote (formalised choice) · tr rey (formalised choice) · km ការបោះឆ្នោត (formalised choice) · te వోటు (formalised choice) · ko 투표 (formalised choice) · hy քվե (instance of voting) · sq drejtë (formalised choice) · ta ஓட்டு (formalised choice) · pl głosowanie (instance of voting) · da stemme (formalised choice) · sh glàsānje (instance of voting) · ur ووٹ (formalised choice) · mfe vot (formalised choice) · es votación (formalised choice) · vi phiếu bầu (instance of voting) · sv röst (instance of voting) · nl stem (formalised choice) · ar اِقْتِرَاع (instance of voting) · grc χειροτονίᾱ (formalised choice) · ja 投票 (formalised choice) · wa vôte (instance of voting) · tr oylama (formalised choice) · mk гласање (instance of voting) · ps رايه (formalised choice) · is kosning (formalised choice) · af stem (formalised choice) · he בְּחִירָה (formalised choice) · es voto (instance of voting) · af stemming (instance of voting) · hu szavazás (instance of voting) · la suffrāgium (formalised choice) · sl glasovanje (instance of voting) · fa-ira رَأْی (formalised choice) · vi (cuộc) đi bầu (formalised choice) · vi (sự) bỏ phiếu (formalised choice) · az səsvermə (instance of voting) · nrf vote (instance of voting) · ar تَصْوِيت (instance of voting) · id suara (instance of voting) · pt votação (instance of voting) · th การเลือกตั้ง (formalised choice) · et hääletamine (formalised choice) · ba тауыш биреү (instance of voting) · ru голосова́ние (instance of voting) · ota آرا (formalised choice) · tr oy (formalised choice) · mfe vot (instance of voting) · bg гласу́ване (instance of voting) · ms undian (instance of voting) · pdt Stemm (formalised choice) · bn ভোট (formalised choice) · th เสียง (formalised choice) · ga vótáil (instance of voting) · kk дауыс (formalised choice) · gl voto (instance of voting) · sh glȃs (formalised choice) · nb stemme (formalised choice) · ast votu (formalised choice) · ky вотум (formalised choice) · hy քվեարկություն (formalised choice) · prs رَأْی (formalised choice) · fr vote (instance of voting) · sq votë (formalised choice) · nn avrøysting (formalised choice) · gl voto (formalised choice) · vi (cuộc) biểu quyết (formalised choice) · mk глас (formalised choice) · km ឆ្នោត (instance of voting) · mi pōti (formalised choice) · eo voĉdono (instance of voting) · pms vot (formalised choice) · nl stemming (instance of voting) · zza rey (diq) (formalised choice) · sl glás (formalised choice) · tl boto (formalised choice) · be го́лас (formalised choice) · fr votation (instance of voting) · tk ses (formalised choice) · ka ხმა (formalised choice) · vi (sự) bầu phiếu (formalised choice) · ky добуш (formalised choice) · it voto (formalised choice) · wa vôtaedje (instance of voting) · ht vòt (formalised choice) · nl stembusgang (formalised choice) · fi ääni (instance of voting) · oc vòt (formalised choice) · pl głos (formalised choice) · be галасава́нне (instance of voting) · cmn 表決 /表决 (instance of voting) · uk во́тум (formalised choice) · grc χειροτονίᾱ (instance of voting) · ka ხმის მიცემა (instance of voting) · sv omröstning (formalised choice) · ca vot (instance of voting) · cmn 投票 (formalised choice) · la suffrāgium (instance of voting) · sh гла̀са̄ње (instance of voting) · ba тауыш (formalised choice) · as ভোট (formalised choice) · eo baloto (formalised choice) · hu szavazat (instance of voting) · hi वोट (formalised choice) · ro vot (formalised choice) · sv röstning (formalised choice) · mn ᠰᠠᠨᠠᠯ (formalised choice) · de Votum (formalised choice) · wa vwès (formalised choice) · el ψηφοφορία (formalised choice) · nn avstemming (formalised choice) · sq votim (formalised choice) · ur رائے (formalised choice) · eo baloto (instance of voting) · mn санал (formalised choice) · se jienasteapmi (formalised choice) · yue 表決 /表决 (instance of voting) · ms undian (formalised choice) · ar صَوْت (formalised choice) · lt balsas (formalised choice) · my မဲဆန္ဒ (formalised choice) · az səs (formalised choice) · id pemungutan suara (formalised choice) · yue 投票 (instance of voting) · sh гла̑с (formalised choice) · hy ձայն (instance of voting) · ru го́лос (formalised choice) · grc ψῆφος (instance of voting) · fi äänestys (formalised choice) · be во́тум (formalised choice) · lv balss (formalised choice) · ug ئاۋاز (formalised choice) · kn ಮತದಾನ (instance of voting) · uk го́лос (formalised choice) · lo ຄະແນນ (formalised choice)

wikipedia: 2014 Syrian presidential election

vote en · VERB

Pronunciation

(General-American) audio
/voʊt/ (General-American)
/vəʉt/ (Australia)
/(ʋ)oːʈ/ (India)
/vəʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Meanings

(intransitive) To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.
- Q: Did you vote last month? A: Yes. I voted for John Smith, and it's a shame that he lost; you can't blame me for the mess we're in now.
- The Violence against Women Act was not distinct from the Crime Bill but an integral part of it. […] Sanders has subsequently cited the inclusion of the VAWA as his reason for voting for the overall bill, on the rather Bidenian principle that the perfect should not be the enemy of the good. 2020 September 24, Keshava Guha, “Letters”, in London Review of Books, volume 42, number 18:
- Americans voted for deportations when a plurality backed Donald Trump – who’d spoken openly about his plans on the trail – last November. But they didn’t necessarily vote for this. 2025 June 11, Aaron Blake, “Americans voted for deportations. They didn’t necessarily vote for this.”, in CNN:
- The directors voted on the question of whether to increase the R&D spending.
- To vote on large principles, to vote bravely, requires a great amount of information. 1848, Frederick William Robertson, An address delivered at the opening of the Working-men's Institute, on Monday, October 23, 1848:
(transitive) To choose or grant (some objective) by means of a vote, or by general consent.
- The directors voted an increase in R&D spending.
- The meal was voted a great success.
(transitive) To exercise one's voting right upon (a ballot or a share of stock).
- Please vote your ballot using black or blue ink, then seal your ballot inside the privacy envelope.
- vote your ballot
- The depository may vote shares on behalf of investors who have not submitted instruction to the bank.
- Sixteen years after the landing on Plymouth Rock, the general court of Massachusetts voted a sum, equal to a year’s rate ol the whole colony, towards the erection of a college. 1845 June 7, “Control of Education in France”, in Niles' National Register, volume 68, number 1,758, Baltimore: Jeremiah Hughes, page 217:
- vote your shares

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
voting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
voteth	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	archaic	lexicographic
voted	Number=Plur, Tense=Past		lexicographic
voted	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Past		lexicographic
voted	Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past		lexicographic
voted	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
voted	Mood=Sub, Tense=Past		lexicographic
voted	Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Past		lexicographic
voted	Tense=Past		lexicographic
votest	Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres	archaic	lexicographic
votedst	Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past	archaic	lexicographic
vote	Number=Plur, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
vote	VerbForm=Inf		lexicographic
vote	Mood=Sub, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
vote	Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
vote	Mood=Imp, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
vote	Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
votes	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic

Deriveds

voter · old enough to vote · voteable · misvote · like turkeys voting for an early Christmas · overvote · voting · like turkeys voting for Christmas · unvote · undervote · upvote · unvoted · countervote · revote · downvote · vote off the island · vote blue no matter who · vote with one's feet · outvote · how-to-vote card · prevote · vote with one's wallet · vote early, vote often · cross-vote · postvote · votable

Descendants

vot

Hyponyms

vote in · vote out · vote down · vote up

elect · nominate

Translations (122)

th โหวต (assert a formalised choice) · be прагаласава́ць (assert a formalised choice) · io votar (assert a formalised choice) · ka ხმას აძლევს (assert a formalised choice) · uk проголосува́ти (assert a formalised choice) · mk гласа (assert a formalised choice) · mk изгласа (assert a formalised choice) · pt votar (assert a formalised choice) · he בָּחַר (assert a formalised choice) · nb stemme (assert a formalised choice) · fi äänestää (assert a formalised choice) · lo ລົງຄະແນນ (assert a formalised choice) · ilo mambotos (assert a formalised choice) · lo ເລືອກຕັ້ງ (assert a formalised choice) · mfe vote (assert a formalised choice) · yi שטימען (assert a formalised choice) · za douzbiuq (assert a formalised choice) · se jienastit (assert a formalised choice) · pl głosować (assert a formalised choice) · sh glàsati (assert a formalised choice) · eo baloti (assert a formalised choice) · cic vooti (assert a formalised choice) · da stemme (assert a formalised choice) · el ψηφίζω (assert a formalised choice) · ta ஓட்டு போடு (assert a formalised choice) · ga vótáil (assert a formalised choice) · hy ձայն տալ (assert a formalised choice) · sh glȁsovati (assert a formalised choice) · pl zagłosować (assert a formalised choice) · sl glasovati (assert a formalised choice) · ru проголосова́ть (assert a formalised choice) · gd tagh (assert a formalised choice) · uk голосува́ти (assert a formalised choice) · tk ses bermek (assert a formalised choice) · vi bầu phiếu (assert a formalised choice) · ky добуш берүү (assert a formalised choice) · tg овоз додан (assert a formalised choice) · csb welowac (assert a formalised choice) · zza rey dayen (assert a formalised choice) · cy pleidleisio (assert a formalised choice) · vi biểu quyết (assert a formalised choice) · de stimmen (assert a formalised choice) · nrf voter (assert a formalised choice) · csb wëbierac (assert a formalised choice) · kk дауыс беру (assert a formalised choice) · nv eʼeʼáád (assert a formalised choice) · de wählen (assert a formalised choice) · lt balsuoti (assert a formalised choice) · bg гласу́вам (assert a formalised choice) · et valima (assert a formalised choice) · tg раъй додан (assert a formalised choice) · ro a vota (assert a formalised choice) · tl bumoto (assert a formalised choice) · fa رأی دادن (assert a formalised choice) · cs hlasovat (assert a formalised choice) · cs odhlasovat (assert a formalised choice) · grc χειροτονέω (assert a formalised choice) · cic footi (assert a formalised choice) · he הִצְבִּיעַ (assert a formalised choice) · gl votar (assert a formalised choice) · grc ψηφοφορέω (assert a formalised choice) · yi וויילן (assert a formalised choice) · my ရွေးကောက် (assert a formalised choice) · es votar (assert a formalised choice) · nl stemmen (assert a formalised choice) · oc votar (assert a formalised choice) · ta வாக்களி (assert a formalised choice) · sl izglasovati (assert a formalised choice) · cmn 表決 /表决 (assert a formalised choice) · km បោះឆ្នោត (assert a formalised choice) · ast votar (assert a formalised choice) · is kjósa (assert a formalised choice) · eo voĉdoni (assert a formalised choice) · tr oylamak (assert a formalised choice) · vo vögodön (assert a formalised choice) · la suffrāgō (assert a formalised choice) · cmn 投票 (assert a formalised choice) · mn санал өгөх (assert a formalised choice) · ca votar (assert a formalised choice) · az səs vermək (assert a formalised choice) · lv balsot (assert a formalised choice) · ka ხმის მიცემა (assert a formalised choice) · ar صَوَّتَ (assert a formalised choice) · ja 投票する (assert a formalised choice) · nv iʼiinííł (assert a formalised choice) · sw -piga kura (assert a formalised choice) · th เลือกตั้ง (assert a formalised choice) · sk odhlasovať (assert a formalised choice) · grc ψῆφον τίθημι (assert a formalised choice) · ko 투표하다 (assert a formalised choice) · be галасава́ць (assert a formalised choice) · hi वोट देना (assert a formalised choice) · my မဲပေး (assert a formalised choice) · hu szavaz (assert a formalised choice) · uz ovoz bermoq (assert a formalised choice) · eu bozkatu (assert a formalised choice) · fr voter (assert a formalised choice) · ru голосова́ть (assert a formalised choice) · nn stemma (assert a formalised choice) · sh гла̏совати (assert a formalised choice) · vi đầu phiếu (assert a formalised choice) · kn ಮತದಾನ (assert a formalised choice) · vi đi bầu (assert a formalised choice) · sq votoj (assert a formalised choice) · it votare (assert a formalised choice) · sv rösta (assert a formalised choice) · pcc toufpiaoq (assert a formalised choice) · ht vote (assert a formalised choice) · grc ψηφίζομαι (assert a formalised choice) · et hääletama (assert a formalised choice) · sk hlasovať (assert a formalised choice) · csb głosowac (assert a formalised choice) · hy քվեարկել (assert a formalised choice) · mi pōti (assert a formalised choice) · ms mengundi (assert a formalised choice) · af stem (assert a formalised choice) · sh гла̀сати (assert a formalised choice) · ilo agbotos (assert a formalised choice) · vi bỏ phiếu (assert a formalised choice) · pms voté (assert a formalised choice) · zza rey kerden (assert a formalised choice) · st vouta (assert a formalised choice)

wikipedia: 2014 Syrian presidential election

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vote en · VERB

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