The full meaning of the word vote

vote

verb [ I or T ]

 UK ​ /vəʊt/ US ​ /voʊt/

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B1 to express your choice or opinion, especially by officially writing a mark on a paper or by raising your hand or speaking in a meeting:

She was too young to vote in the election.

The committee voted on the proposal, and accepted it unanimously.

Did you vote for or against the motion?

Over 55 percent voted Democrat.

[ + to infinitive ] Employees voted to accept the offer of an eight percent pay rise.

[ + (that) ] I vote (that) we (= I think we should) go to the cinema first and eatafterwards.

[ + obj + noun ] The evening was voted a tremendous success (= this was most people's opinion).

It was the younger members who voted Smith onto the committee.

The Conservative Party was voted into/out of office (= was chosen in an electionto become/stop being the government).

More examples

• Civil rights include freedom, equality in law and in employment, and the rightto vote.
• Only people over 18 are eligible to vote.
• Now that we've heard all the arguments for and against the proposal, shall we vote on it?
• Only 40 percent of people bothered to vote in the election.
• Put a cross next to the name of the candidate you want to vote for.