vote

Meanings

Noun

• a formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
• an act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot
• an ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer
• a formalized petition or request
• any judgment of intellect leading to a formal opinion, a point of view
• any judgment of intellect leading not only to a formal opinion but also to a particular choice in a legally relevant measure, a point of view as published

Verb

• to cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election
• to choose or grant by means of a vote, or by general consent

Related

Narrower meaning words

• Bubba vote
• clothespin vote
• conscience vote
• crossover vote
• donkey vote
• early vote
• faggot vote
• floating vote
• free vote
• informal vote
• popular vote
• postal vote
• protest vote
• supervote
• swing vote
• voice vote
• vote of confidence
• vote of no confidence
• vote of thanks
• whipped vote
• vote in
• vote out
• vote down

Origin

• From Latin vōtum, a form of voveō (cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-. The word is thus a vow.