vote

Meaning

Noun

1. A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
2. An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.
3. (obsolete) An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
4. (obsolete) A formalized petition or request.
5. (obsolete) Any judgment of intellect leading to a formal opinion, a point of view.
6. 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.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.
2. (transitive) To choose or grant by means of a vote, or by general consent.

Synonyms

ballot

voting

poll

elect

suffrage

voice

election

choose

select

franchise

decision

balloting

referendum

right to vote

resolution

cast one’s vote

vote for

polling

voter turnout

request for resources

sound

🔉

grant

give

plebiscite

suggest

pronounce

propose

decide

pick

⛏️

cast a ballot

own up

pass

pole

propound

put forward

resolve

roll call

ruling

say

🗣️

slate

sort out

squeal

support

tone

true

voter

vow

vox

wedding

💒

write in

Translations

voter

votar

vote

votare

voto

wählen

voix

stemmen

voto

votar

Stimme

Abstimmung

ψηφίζω

abstimmen

stem

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vəʊt/

Etymology

Cognate with Ancient Greek: εὔχομαι

In summary

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

Sentences

Who gets your vote ?