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Vote
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- 1 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."
- 2 A person from Votia or of Votic descent.
- 3 the opinion of a group as determined by voting wordnet
- 4 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."
- 5 a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative wordnet
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- 6 An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. obsolete
"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: […]"
- 7 a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment wordnet
- 8 A formalized petition or request. obsolete
- 9 the total number of voters who participated wordnet
- 10 Any judgment of intellect leading to a formal opinion, a point of view. obsolete
- 11 a body of voters who have the same interests wordnet
- 12 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)"
- 1 To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election. intransitive
"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."
- 2 express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote wordnet
- 3 To choose or grant (some objective) by means of a vote, or by general consent. transitive
"The directors voted an increase in R&D spending."
- 4 bring into existence or make available by vote wordnet
- 5 To exercise one's voting right upon (a ballot or a share of stock). transitive
"vote your ballot"
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- 6 express a choice or opinion wordnet
- 7 express one's choice or preference by vote wordnet
- 8 be guided by in voting wordnet
Etymology
From Latin vōtum, a form of voveō (“I vow”) (cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “to vow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- (“to promise, to vow”). Doublet of vow.
From Latin vōtum, a form of voveō (“I vow”) (cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “to vow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- (“to promise, to vow”). Doublet of vow.
From German Wote, ultimately from Votic vadʹdʹa, vadʹdʹalain (“Votian”). Compare Estonian vadjalane.
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