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VOTE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The opinion of a group as determined by voting

Example:

they put the question to a vote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("vote" is a kind of...):

group action (action taken by a group of people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vote"):

plebiscite (a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance)

referendum (a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate)

election (a vote to select the winner of a position or political office)

Derivation:

vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote)

vote (express one's choice or preference by vote)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative

Example:

they allowed just one vote per person

Synonyms:

ballot; balloting; vote; voting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("vote" is a kind of...):

choice; option; pick; selection (the act of choosing or selecting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vote"):

write-in (a vote cast by writing in the name of a candidate who is not listed on the ballot)

veto (a vote that blocks a decision)

casting vote (the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tie)

multiple voting (the act of voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.))

straight ticket (a ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of one party)

split ticket (a ballot cast by a voter who votes for candidates from more than one party)

secret ballot (a vote in which each person's choice is secret but the totaled votes are public)

block vote (a vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate represents)

Derivation:

vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote)

vote (express one's choice or preference by vote)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment

Example:

American women got the vote in 1920

Synonyms:

right to vote; suffrage; vote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("vote" is a kind of...):

enfranchisement; franchise (a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vote"):

universal suffrage (suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country)

Derivation:

vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The total number of voters who participated

Example:

they are expecting a large vote

Synonyms:

vote; voter turnout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("vote" is a kind of...):

numerical quantity (a quantity expressed as a number)

Derivation:

vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote)

vote (express one's choice or preference by vote)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A body of voters who have the same interests

Example:

he failed to get the Black vote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("vote" is a kind of...):

body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity)

Holonyms ("vote" is a member of...):

electorate (the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote)

Derivation:

vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote)

vote (express one's choice or preference by vote)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote

Example:

None of the Democrats voted last night

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "vote" is one way to...):

choose; pick out; select; take (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives)

Verb group:

vote (express one's choice or preference by vote)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vote"):

write in (cast a vote by inserting a name that does not appear on the ballot)

turn thumbs down; vote down (vote against)

outvote (defeat by a majority of votes)

ballot (vote by ballot)

poll (vote in an election at a polling station)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Also:

vote out (thwart the passage of)

vote in (elect in a voting process)

Derivation:

voting (a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative)

voter (a citizen who has a legal right to vote)

vote (a body of voters who have the same interests)

vote (the total number of voters who participated)

vote (a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment)

vote (a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative)

vote (the opinion of a group as determined by voting)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bring into existence or make available by vote

Example:

They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "vote" is one way to...):

vote (express a choice or opinion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

voter (a citizen who has a legal right to vote)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Express a choice or opinion

Example:

She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "vote" is one way to...):

express; state (indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vote"):

vote (bring into existence or make available by vote)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 4

Meaning:

Express one's choice or preference by vote

Example:

vote the Democratic ticket

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "vote" is one way to...):

express; state (indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.)

Verb group:

vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vote"):

bullet vote (vote cumulatively and distribute the votes according to some principle)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

vote (the opinion of a group as determined by voting)

vote (a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative)

vote (the total number of voters who participated)

vote (a body of voters who have the same interests)

voter (a citizen who has a legal right to vote)

voting (a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Be guided by in voting

Example:

vote one's conscience

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

A native or naturalized member of a state or country, especially one entitled to vote and enjoy other privileges there.

(Citizen, NCI Thesaurus)

Well, Mr. Gregson, said the American, looking across at the official, I don’t know what your British point of view may be, but I guess that in New York this lady’s husband will receive a pretty general vote of thanks.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To keep senators in the interest of the crown, it was proposed that the members should raffle for employment; every man first taking an oath, and giving security, that he would vote for the court, whether he won or not; after which, the losers had, in their turn, the liberty of raffling upon the next vacancy.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The passions may rage furiously, like true heathens, as they are; and the desires may imagine all sorts of vain things: but judgment shall still have the last word in every argument, and the casting vote in every decision.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Perhaps he voted for somebody, or lent money to somebody, or bought something of somebody, or otherwise obliged somebody, or jobbed for somebody, who knew somebody who got the lieutenant of the county to nominate him for the commission.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

An offshore company in which a U.S. person owns 10 percent or more of a foreign corporation or in which 50 percent or more of the total voting stock is owned by U.S. shareholders collectively or 10 percent or more of the voting control is owned by U.S. persons which is treated by the IRS as a U.S. tax reporting entity.

(Controlled Foreign Corporation, NCI Thesaurus)

Single or attached, this set of days has my vote for the most special and glamorous.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"We'll put it to a vote," said the President.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Now, it is expected that the required votes will be obtained at the upcoming meeting on 20-28 October in Portoroz, Slovenia.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)

I give my vote—death.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)