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| —n | |
| 1. | an indication of choice, opinion, or will on a question, such as the choosing of a candidate, by or as if by some recognized means, such as a ballot: 10 votes for Jones |
| 2. | the opinion of a group of persons as determined by voting: it was put to the vote; do not take a vote; it came to a vote |
| 3. | a body of votes or voters collectively: the Jewish vote |
| 4. | the total number of votes cast: the vote decreased at the last election |
| 5. | the ticket, ballot, etc, by which a vote is expressed |
| 6. | a. the right to vote; franchise; suffrage |
| b. a person regarded as the embodiment of this right | |
| 7. | a means of voting, such as a ballot |
| 8. | chiefly (Brit) a grant or other proposition to be voted upon |
| —vb | |
| 9. | ( |
| 10. | (intr) to declare oneself as being (something or in favour of something) by exercising one's vote: to vote socialist |
| 11. | (tr; |
| 12. | (tr) to determine the condition of in a specified way by voting: the court voted itself out of existence |
| 13. | (tr) to authorize, confer, or allow by voting: vote us a rise |
| 14. | informal (tr) to declare by common opinion: the party was voted a failure |
| 15. | (tr) to influence or control the voting of: do not try to vote us! |
| [C15: from Latin vōtum a solemn promise, from vovēre to vow] | |
| 'votable | |
| —adj | |
| 'voteable | |
| —adj | |
| 'voteless | |
| —adj | |
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