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   vote

   /vəʊt/

   noun

   • 1. a formal indication of a choice between two or more candidates or courses of action, expressed typically through a ballot or a show of hands. Similar ballotpollelectionreferendumplebiscitepublic votegeneral electionlocal electionpopular votestraw pollshow of handsvotingpolling
   • ▪ an act of giving or registering a vote: "they are ready to put it to a vote"
   • ▪ the choice expressed collectively by a body of electors or by a specified group: "the nationalist vote in Northern Ireland"
   • ▪ the right to register a choice in an election. Similar suffragefranchiseenfranchisementright to votevoting rightsvoicesayoptionchoiceOpposite disenfranchisement

   verb

   • 1. give or register a vote: "they voted against the resolution" Similar go to the pollscast one's votemark one's ballot paper
   • ▪ cause (someone) to gain or lose a particular post or honour by means of a vote: "incompetent judges are voted out of office"
   • ▪ used to express a wish to follow a particular course of action: "I vote we have one more game" Similar suggestproposerecommendadvocatemovesubmittable
   • ▪ (of a legislature) grant or confer by vote: "Parliament has voted the money for the proposed expenditure"
   • ▪ reject something by means of a vote: "the referendum call was voted down"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin votum ‘a vow, wish’, from vovere ‘to vow’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. voteless adjective
   • 2. votable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • V

     4

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

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