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to cast your vote

to cast your vote

19 3.1
Give your choice in an election or official decision
  • phrasal verb
  • /kæst jʊr voʊt/
translation icon : votar
  • During the election, many citizens lined up to cast their votes at the polling station.

So I'll leave a link down below where you can go and cast your votes if you wanted to do that.

Examples

  • In a few moments, we will cast our votes for the lodge officers.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • My wife and I cast our votes for O today here in Greensboro, NC.

    Blog text (23)

  • Mr. Johnson, did you cast your vote last night?

    Swing Vote (2008)

  • Ladies and gentlemen, please cast your vote.

    Spectre (2015)

  • Am I too late to cast my vote?

    Mystery Men (1999)

  • So, why in the world would I cast my vote for this man?

    Blog text (8)

  • I am so proud I cast my vote on the right side this election.

    Blog text (13)

  • We must stand for something, keep politics in check, and cast our vote for what we believe in.

    Blog text (10)

  • Over nine million people in Florida have cast their vote tonight.

    Citizen Verdict (2003)

  • Now that you've met the candidates, it's time to cast your vote.

    Blog text (21)

Synonyms

to vote
vsto cast your vote
∞ 1.0

To show your choice in an election or poll

refers specifically to formally submitting that choice in an election
to elect
vsto cast your vote
∞ 3.3

To choose by voting or to decide to do something

is the individual formal act of submitting a choice, not the result
to submit
vsto cast your vote
  • Formal
325 3.7

To give a form or application for someone to consider

is the specific formal presentation made to record an election choice
to cast
vsto cast your vote
159 5.3

To officially give a vote in an election

is the common phrase used for formally submitting a choice in elections
to go to the polls
vsto cast your vote
  • Literature
35 3.0

To vote in an election

focuses on the formal act itself rather than the act of going
to poll
vsto cast your vote
6 3.2

To cast a vote in an election

is the general formal submission, not tied to a station visit
to ballot
vsto cast your vote
1 3.7

To vote in secret to choose a person or decide something

is the general formal act, not specifically done in secret

Surface Forms

cast your vote infinitive
cast your vote past
cast your vote past participle
casting your vote present participle
casts your vote third person singular

Morphology

cast + your + vote

The verb 'cast' evokes its basic meaning 'to throw' combined with 'vote', so learners who know both words can often infer the idea of placing or submitting a ballot. However, the use is a conventionalized, metaphorical extension (throw → submit) and the specific formal sense of submitting an official ballot may not be fully predictable to a B1 learner without prior exposure.

Etymology

Cast your vote comes from old ways of voting when people would drop or throw a small stone or paper slip into a box to show their choice. The verb cast meant 'to throw', so to cast your vote came to mean 'to formally submit your vote'.