vote

v. cast a ballot; officially choose one out of a number of options; voice a suggestion

n. voice; act of making an official choice, election; official choice; eligibility to vote; total number of votes; result of an election

Voting is a method of decision making wherein a group such as a meeting or an electorate attempts to gauge its opinion—usually as a final step following discussions or debates.Voting is used in two different ways. First, members of a group may express their individual interests by their votes in order to aggregate them into a single group preference.Second, members of a jury may express their individual opinions by their votes in order to select that opinion.
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Noun
1. a choice that is made by voting; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"
(synonym) ballot, voting, balloting
(hypernym) choice, selection, option, pick
(hyponym) block vote
2. the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote"
(hypernym) group action
(hyponym) plebiscite
3. 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"
(synonym) right to vote, suffrage
(hypernym) franchise, enfranchisement
(classification) law, jurisprudence
4. a body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to get the Black vote"
(hypernym) body
(member-holonym) electorate
5. the total number of votes cast; "they are hoping for a large vote"
(synonym) voter turnout
(hypernym) numerical quantity
Verb
1. express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote; "He voted for the motion"; "None of the Democrats voted last night"
(hypernym) choose, take, select, pick out
(hyponym) write in
(see-also) vote in
(derivation) voter turnout
2. express one's choice or preference by vote; "vote the Democratic ticket"
(hypernym) express, state
(hyponym) bullet vote
(derivation) voter turnout
3. express a choice or opinion; "I vote that we all go home"; "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant"
(hypernym) express, state
4. be guided by in voting; "vote one's conscience"
5. bring into existence or make available by vote; "They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia"
(derivation) voter, elector

n. voting, vote, poll

v. vote, cast a vote, poll

v. poll, ballot, vote