1. (noun)vote, ballot, voting, balloting 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"
2. (noun)vote the opinion of a group as determined by voting "they put the question to a vote"
3. (noun)right to vote, vote, suffrage 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"
4. (noun)vote a body of voters who have the same interests "he failed to get the Black vote"
5. (verb)vote, voter turnout the totalnumber of voters who participated "they are expecting a large vote"
6. (verb)vote 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"
8. (verb)vote express a choice or opinion "I vote that we all go home"; "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant"
9. (verb)vote be guided by in voting "vote one's conscience"
10. (verb)vote bring into existence or make available by vote "They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia"
Definitions of 'Vote'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (noun)Vote an ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer
2. (noun)Vote a wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the personvoting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage
3. (noun)Vote that by means of which will or preference is expressed in elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a ticket; as, a written vote
5. (noun)Vote votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the laborvote
6. (verb)Vote to express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations, etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an interest with others
7. (verb)Vote to choose by suffrage; to elec/; as, to vote a candidate into office
8. (verb)Vote to enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution
9. (verb)Vote to declare by generalopinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore