vote
English
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Etymology
From Latin vōtum, a form of voveō (“I vow”) (cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “to vow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰ-. The word is thus a doublet of vow.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəʊt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /voʊt/
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊt
Noun
vote (plural votes)
- a formalized choice on matters of administration or other democratic activities
- The city council decided the matter should go to public vote.
- Parliament will hold a vote of confidence regarding the minister.
- 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.
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- (obsolete) an ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer
- 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:
- 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:
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
formalised choice
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instance of voting
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Verb
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- (intransitive) to cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election
- Did you vote last month?
- (Can we date this quote?), F. W. Robertson, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires a great amount of information.
- (transitive) to choose or grant by means of a vote, or by general consent
- The depository may vote shares on behalf of investors who have not submitted instruction to the bank.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
assert a formalised choice
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See also
Descendants
Further reading
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Anagrams
Asturian
Verb
(deprecated template usage) vote
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English vote. Doublet of vœu.
Pronunciation
Noun
vote m (plural votes)
Related terms
Verb
vote
- inflection of voter:
Further reading
- “vote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯oː.te/, [ˈu̯oːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvo.te/, [ˈvɔːt̪e]
Participle
(deprecated template usage) vōte
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English vote, from Latin vōtum, from voveō, vovēre (“vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewegʷʰ-.
Noun
vote m (plural votes)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
vote
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
vote
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