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Vote

noun
1.
A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative.  Synonyms: ballot, balloting, voting.  "They allowed just one vote per person"
2.
The opinion of a group as determined by voting.
3.
A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment.  Synonyms: right to vote, suffrage.
4.
A body of voters who have the same interests.
5.
The total number of voters who participated.  Synonym: voter turnout.
verb
(past & past part. voted; pres. part. voting)
1.
Express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote.  "None of the Democrats voted last night"
2.
Express one's choice or preference by vote.
3.
Express a choice or opinion.  "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant"
4.
Be guided by in voting.
5.
Bring into existence or make available by vote.



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"Vote" Quotes from Famous Books



... to a vote as to whether the party should make the trip through the Yellowstone Park by motor, stopping at the hotels, or on horseback ...
— The Dude Wrangler • Caroline Lockhart
... which was immediately summoned, Gramont threw his portfolio on the table, saying that after what had happened a Foreign Minister who should not vote for war would be unworthy to hold office; and Marshal Le Boeuf informed his colleagues that they had not a moment to lose, for Prussia was already arming. Nevertheless the Council set themselves to a deliberate investigation ...
— Studies in Literature and History • Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall
... at twenty years of age, are entitled to vote, if they hold land in their own right, or pay a tax of one dollar. Every emigrant must sign a pledge to support the constitution, and to refrain from the use of ardent spirits, except in case of sickness. By a provision ...
— Journal of an African Cruiser • Horatio Bridge
... for them. Now our Lord saith that unto him who overcometh he will give a white suffrage, for those that were white signified approving, as the black signified reproving. And in those suffrages did they use to write the name of him to whom they gave their vote. Now our Lord saith that to him who overcometh he will in the suffrage give him a new name, which no man knoweth but him who receiveth it. He saith also, "He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out thereof, and I shall write upon him the ...
— Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation - With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens • Thomas More
... vote to decide as to which place they should go, which resulted in favor of Alder Gulch, so we pulled for Alder Gulch ...
— Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains • William F. Drannan


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