to cast
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5.3
- verb
- /kæst/
:
votar
- Two weeks later, he went to the polls and cast his vote for Lincoln.
- cast votes
- cast ballots
- voters cast
Shane please open your eyes and cast your vote to evict.
- Shane please open your eyes and cast your vote to evict.
- Even before a single vote has been cast, the law fair is on fire.
- All states were equal and could cast a single vote on Assembly matters.
- And when that vote's cast, it's cast, you know the fight's going to happen.
- Any vote that might lead to war should be hard, but I cast it with conviction.
- Instead, the post office is saying it can't guarantee that all ballots cast by mail will arrive on time to be counted without their machines.
- People have acted politically across the globe and throughout human history, but they have done so in many other ways than casting ballots.
- And one of your twists can be neither, but you casted a vote.
Examples
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So please cast your final vote.
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Over nine million people in Florida have cast their vote tonight.
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Am I too late to cast my vote?
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I want to cast a vote.
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Follow me to my place and cast your ballot.
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Votes cannot be cast after the polls are closed.
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Efforts were made to ensure that votes were cast secretly, counted, and reported honestly.
Academic text (1990) -
No previous candidate had captured over half the valid votes cast in a presidential election.
Academic text (1994) -
About 400 ballots were cast in that election.
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Over nine million people in Florida have cast their vote tonight.
Synonyms
804
1.0
To approve something by a group's official decision at a meeting
35
3.0
To vote in an election
19
3.1
Give your choice in an election or official decision
6
3.2
To cast a vote in an election
1
3.7
To vote in secret to choose a person or decide something
Antonyms
Idioms
- Literature
6
7.7
To be the first to criticize someone when you have the same fault
- Archaic
Do something kind without expecting anything back, hoping it helps later
- Informal
To hurt someone by reminding them of an embarrassing thing they did
- Literature
To give something valuable to people who do not appreciate it
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
12
3.7
A very hard but brittle metal made by melting iron and pouring it into molds
- Specialized
3
3.1
A hard shell of plaster that keeps a broken bone still while it heals
- Specialized
A type of cast iron made by adding other metals to make it stronger and resist wear
- Specialized
A disease of pine and spruce trees that makes their needles turn brown and fall early
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cast a vote comes from the same old idea 'to throw', like 'throwing' your ballot into a box as a formal action. So to cast your vote is to put your vote in officially.