# vote

Pronunciation: say "VOHT" US /voʊt/, UK /vəʊt/

## Verb

1. To participate in an election by officially indicating which candidate or option one supports.
   - Simple: To take part in an election by making an official choice.
   - _Millions vote in national elections every four years._
   - _He registered so he could vote in the upcoming election._
3. To choose or grant something by means of a vote or by general agreement.
   - Simple: To give or pick something through a group choice or shared agreement.
   - _Congress voted the funds needed for disaster relief._
   - _The assembly will vote her an honorary title._
8. To put forward an idea for what to do, or to declare oneself in favor of a plan another person has suggested. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To say what you think a group should do, or that you agree with someone's idea.
   - _It's freezing out here, so I vote we head back to the car._
   - _Somebody suggested leaving before the traffic gets bad, and I'd vote for that._

## Noun

2. A formal decision taken by a group or body in which each member indicates a choice; also, an occasion on which such a decision is made.
   - Simple: An official decision made when each member of a group gives a choice, or the event where this happens.
   - _The council's vote confirmed the new judge's appointment._
   - _The council will hold a vote on the new budget next week._
4. The full count of votes cast in an election or ballot, or the portion of that count a candidate or party receives.
   - Simple: All the votes given in an election, or the part of them that one person or party gets.
   - _The governor took 58 percent of the vote, her best result yet._
   - _Turnout was high, and the total vote topped two million for the first time._
5. An act of taking part in a group choice, such as by submitting a ballot.
   - Simple: An act of showing your choice in a group decision, for example by marking a ballot or raising your hand.
   - _He drove two hours to make sure his vote counted._
   - _After the debate, every delegate's vote was recorded._
6. The entitlement, granted by law, to cast a ballot in public elections.
   - Simple: The right that the law gives people to take part in public elections.
   - _Campaigners spent decades fighting for women to be given the vote._
   - _In some states, people in prison lose the vote while they serve their sentences._
7. The combined votes of a particular section of the electorate, such as young or rural people, seen as a political force.
   - Simple: The votes of one kind of voter, thought of together as a power in politics.
   - _Polls suggest the suburban vote will decide the race._
   - _Candidates court the senior vote with promises to protect Social Security._

## Noun

9. An eager longing, or a solemn vow or prayer. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A strong wish, a vow, or a prayer.
10. A formal petition or request. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: An official request or petition.

## Other meanings

- (noun) A considered judgment that gives a formal opinion, especially a judge's reasoned decision on a case.

## Origin

Latin vōtum, from the verb voveō ("I vow"), is the source. That verb goes back to the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁wegʷʰ- ("to promise, to vow") and is related to Ancient Greek eúkhomai ("to vow"). Vote and vow are doublets.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/vote (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).