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say it: voht
vote is a noun and verb meaning "a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative". It is pronounced /ˈvoʊt/ — voht. It carries 10 recorded senses.
a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
“there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion”
“they allowed just one vote per person”
the opinion of a group as determined by voting
“they put the question to a vote”
a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
“American women got the vote in 1920”
law
a body of voters who have the same interests
“he failed to get the Black vote”
the total number of voters who participated
“they are expecting a large vote”
express one's choice or preference by vote
“vote the Democratic ticket”
express a choice or opinion
“I vote that we all go home”
“She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant”
be guided by in voting
“vote one's conscience”
bring into existence or make available by vote
“They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for vote come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.