vote

Examples

• All

• Every citizen has the right to cast a vote in the upcoming election.

• And when the final vote happened, we were two votes short of passage.

• We are all in this together and your vote is your power.

• All states were equal and could cast a single vote on Assembly matters.

  The Great War

• You certainly had my vote.

  The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

• We'll put it to a vote.

  Little Women (1994)

• We also remind the public authority that the vote should be free and secret.

  Academic text (1999)

• We all have an equal vote, but I am the elected spokesman.

  Bound by Honor (1993)

• The motion to establish council elections by popular vote rather than by district passed by 27 to 9.

  Academic text (1999)

• Great Britain extended the vote to women in two stages: 1918 and 1928.

  Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

R

right to vote

vsvote

• Formal

53 2.3

The legal permission to vote in an election

is the simpler general term for that legally established privilege

S

suffrage

vsvote

19 7.6

The right to vote in elections

is used for choosing governments and other decision processes beyond elections

V

voting right

vsvote

19 3.3

Official permission to vote in elections and group decisions

is centered on choosing governments by casting a ballot, not all decision settings

F

franchise

vsvote

• Formal

15 6.6

The right to vote in public elections

is a broader legally established privilege to participate, not only a statutory grant

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

Surface Forms

Etymology