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4 dictionary results for: Voting
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
vote       [voht] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, vot·ed, vot·ing.
–noun
1.a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
2.the means by which such expression is made, as a ballot, ticket, etc.
3.the right to such expression: to give women the vote.
4.the decision reached by voting, as by a majority of ballots cast: The vote was for the resolution.
5.a collective expression of will as inferred from a number of votes: the labor vote.
6.an expression, as of some judgment: a vote of confidence.
–verb (used without object)
7.to express or signify will or choice in a matter, as by casting a ballot: to vote for president.
–verb (used with object)
8.to enact, establish, or determine by vote: to vote a proposed bill into law.
9.to support by one's vote: to vote the Republican ticket.
10.to advocate by or as by one's vote: to vote that the report be accepted.
11.to declare or decide by general consent: They voted the trip a success.
12.to encourage or cause to vote, esp. in a particular way.
[Origin: 1425–75; late ME (n.) < L vōtum a vow]
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vote       (vōt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A formal expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue.
    2. A means by which such a preference is made known, such as a raised hand or a marked ballot.
  2. The number of votes cast in an election or to resolve an issue: a heavy vote in favor of the bill.
  3. A group of voters alike in some way: the Black vote; the rural vote.
  4. The act or process of voting: took a vote on the issue.
  5. The result of an election or referendum.
  6. The right to participate as a voter; suffrage.

v.   vot·ed, vot·ing, votes

v.   intr.
  1. To express one's preference for a candidate or for a proposed resolution of an issue; cast a vote: voting against the measure.
  2. To express a choice or an opinion.

v.   tr.
  1. To express one's preference for by vote: voted the straight Republican ticket.
  2. To decide the disposition of by vote, as by electing or defeating: vote in a new mayor; voted out their representative; vote down the amendment.
  3. To bring into existence or make available by vote: vote new funds for a program.
  4. To be guided by in voting: vote one's conscience.
  5. To declare or pronounce by general consent: voted the play a success.
  6. Informal To state as a preference or opinion: I vote we eat out tonight.


[Middle English, vow, from Latin vōtum, from neuter past participle of vovēre, to vow.]

vot'a·ble, vote'a·ble adj.
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voting

noun
a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person" [syn: vote] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Voting

Vot"ing\, a. & n. from Vote, v.

Voting paper, a form of ballot containing the names of more candidates than there are offices to be filled, the voter making a mark against the preferred names. [Eng.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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