Meaning

6 senses
  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.

    Parliament will hold a vote of confidence regarding the minister.

  2. 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.

    Abstimmung, Wählen

    голосова́ниеgolosovánije

    голосува́нняholosuvánnja

  3. 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)

  4. (obsolete)An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.

  5. (obsolete)A formalized petition or request.

  6. (obsolete)Any judgment of intellect leading to a formal opinion, a point of view.

More definitions
  • the opinion of a group as determined by voting
  • a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
  • the total number of voters who participated
  • a body of voters who have the same interests

Examples

1035 sentences
  1. Tom has the right to vote.

    Том має право голосувати. — deniko

    ruТом имеет право голосовать. — nina99nv

    deTom ist wahlberechtigt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I know who you voted for.

    Я знаю, за кого ти голосував. — brambury

    ruЯ знаю, за кого ты голосовал. — marafon

  3. Are you going to vote today?

    Ти сьогодні голосуватимеш? — deniko

    ruВы будете сегодня голосовать? — marafon

  4. Aren't you going to vote today?

    Хіба ти сьогодні не голосуватимеш? — deniko

    ruТы сегодня не будешь голосовать? — odexed

    deGehst du denn heute nicht zur Wahl? — raggione

  5. Aren't you old enough to vote?

    Хіба ти вже не в тому віці, щоб мати право голосувати? — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
formalised choice:
instance of voting:
Русский
By meaning 2
formalised choice:
instance of voting:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
formalised choice:
instance of voting:

Origin

From Latin vōtum, a form of voveō (“to vow”) (cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai

From Latin vōtum, a form of voveō (“to vow”) (cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “to vow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- (“to promise, to vow”). Doublet of vow.

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Forms

plural: votes
Singularvote
Pluralvotes

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative:ballotvotingballoting
  • the total number of voters who participated:voter turnout
  • a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment:right to votesuffrage

Word family

37 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • going to vote
  • to vote for
  • enough to vote
  • young to vote
  • voted against
  • registered to vote
  • will vote for
  • right to vote
  • voted against the
  • should vote for
  • get my vote
  • vote in the

See also

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