vote

Examples

• All

• We have tallied up the votes and it is a tiebreaker.

• Am I too late to cast my vote?

  Mystery Men (1999)

• If you count the legal votes, I easily win.

  The Late Late Show with James Corden

• Speaker, we should have had the vote a week ago.

• OK, we are now going to open the final vote on the resolution.

• Your vote really does matter, and your vote counts.

• The only way to get this resolved is to take a vote.

  Blind Date (1987)

• The resolution was passed by a vote of 92 to 0 on 10 July.

  Academic text (1999)

• The amendment, having decisively passed with 58 percent of the vote, became law in December 2006.

  Academic text (2011)

• The committee held a vote to determine the best course of action.

Synonyms

E

election

vsvote

∞ 1.0

A formal process where people vote to choose someone for public office

applies to an act or its result across polls not only for public offices

V

voting

vsvote

588 1.4

A way of choosing between options, often by ballot or raising a hand

also refers to the decision result and total numbers as well

B

ballot

vsvote

237 3.2

A way of voting to choose a person or decide something

is used also for the final result and total counts

B

balloting

vsvote

11 5.5

Voting in secret to choose between people or ideas

can refer to the act or result without implying secrecy

Idioms

V

to vote with one's feet

• Informal

2 7.1

Leave a place to show you dislike it and go somewhere else

V

to vote with one's wallet

1 6.2

To show which companies or products you support by choosing where you spend money

Compounds

R

right to vote

• Formal

53 2.3

The legal permission to vote in an election

V

vote of confidence

• Formal

20 3.3

A clear show of support by a group, often decided by a formal ballot

V

vote counter

1 2.8

A person who adds up votes to find the result in an election or meeting

C

casting vote

1 5.3

A choice that the meeting leader gives to break a tie

S

straw vote

1 5.5

A quick unofficial vote to see if people support an idea

B

block vote

• Literature

1 6.1

A vote by a delegate that counts for the number of people they represent

L

landslide vote

• Literature

1 3.4

A vote in which one side wins by a very large number of votes

C

clothespin vote

• Informal

9.9

A simple vote where people place clothespins on choices to show what they want

C

cumulative vote

• Specialized

7.1

A voting system where each voter has as many votes as seats and gives them to one or more candidates

V

vote counter

• Specialized

3.4

A machine or program that adds up votes by itself in an election

How Many

landslide

• Literature

60 3.8

majority

732 2.1

plurality

• Specialized

9 7.9

vote

∞ 1.0

undervote

• Specialized

9 7.9

Surface Forms

Etymology