OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4029

vote

/vəʊt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
voto
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.
There breathes no being but has some pretence / To that fine instinct called poetic sense; […] / The freeman, casting with unpurchased hand / The vote that shakes the turrets of th…
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 4030

vote

/vəʊt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
votar
To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.
Q: Did you vote last month? A: Yes. I voted for John Smith, and it's a shame that he lost; you can't blame me for the mess we're in now.
The directors voted on the question of whether to increase the R&D spending.