voteverb [ I or T ]
uk/vəʊt/us/voʊt/B1 to express your choice or opinion, especially by officially writing a mark on a paper or by raising your hand or speaking in a meeting:
She was too young to vote in the election.
The committee voted on the proposal, and accepted it unanimously.
Did you vote for or against the motion?
Over 55 percent voted Democrat.
[ + to infinitive ] Employees voted to accept the offer of an eight percent pay rise.
[ + (that) ] I vote (that) we (= I think we should) go to the cinema first and eat afterwards.
[ + obj + noun ] The evening was voted a tremendous success (= this was most people's opinion).
It was the younger members who voted Smith onto the committee.
The Conservative Party was voted into/out of office (= was chosen in an election to become/stop being the government).
More examples
- Civil rights include freedom, equality in law and in employment, and the right to vote.
- Only people over 18 are eligible to vote.
- Now that we've heard all the arguments for and against the proposal, shall we vote on it?
- Only 40 percent of people bothered to vote in the election.
- Put a cross next to the name of the candidate you want to vote for.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Elections
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absolute majority
- abstain
- abstention
- aye
- first-past-the-post
- franchise
- general election
- gerrymandering
- go to the country idiom
- nominate
- rigging
- running mate
- safe
- scrutineer
- secret ballot
- show of hands
- stump
- vote of confidence
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Idiom(s)
vote with your feet
vote with your wallet
vote sth up or down
Phrasal verb(s)
vote sth down
vote sth through
vote sth up
votenoun
uk/vəʊt/us/voʊt/B1 [ C ] the act of showing your choice or opinion in an election or meeting by writing an X on an official piece of paper or putting your hand up:
The suggestion was approved, with 25 votes in favour, and seven against.
She cast her vote (= voted) for the Independent candidate.
B2 [ C usually singular ] a way of making a decision by asking a group of people to vote:
We called a meeting in order to take/hold a vote on the issue.
the vote [ S ]
the total number of votes given or received in an election:
The party got/took 25 percent of the vote.
They are trying to capture the female vote (= to persuade women to vote for them).
C1 the fact of being officially allowed to vote:
In some countries women still don't have the vote.
put sth to the/a vote
to vote on something:
The proposal was read out and then put to the vote.
More examples
- In a historic vote, the Church of England decided to allow women to become priests.
- With nearly all the votes counted, Mr Soto had polled 67 percent of the vote.
- There were ten votes in favour, six against, and three abstentions.
- We're still waiting for the votes to be counted up.
- The proposal to change the rules was narrowly defeated by 201 votes to 196.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Elections
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absolute majority
- abstain
- abstention
- aye
- first-past-the-post
- franchise
- general election
- gerrymandering
- go to the country idiom
- nominate
- rigging
- running mate
- safe
- scrutineer
- secret ballot
- show of hands
- stump
- vote of confidence
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