Your vote is your official choice on some specific question. You might feel that your vote hardly counts in a Presidential election, though your vote for student council treasurer might feel like it has a lot more importance.
An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
Noun
the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote"
Noun
a choice that is made by voting; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"
Noun
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"
Noun
the total number of votes cast; "they are hoping for a large vote"
Noun
a body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to get the Black vote"
Verb
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"
Verb
bring into existence or make available by vote; "They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia"
Verb
express a choice or opinion; "I vote that we all go home"; "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant"
Verb
express one''s choice or preference by vote; "vote the Democratic ticket"
Verb
be guided by in voting; "vote one''s conscience"
n.
An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
n.
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 person voting has an interest in common with
others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws,
rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.
n.
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.
n.
Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal decision
by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was
unanimous; a vote of confidence.
n.
Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.
v. i.
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.
v. t.
To choose by suffrage; to elec/; as, to vote a candidate
into office.
v. t.
To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal
vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution.
v. t.
To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by
a vote; as, he was voted a bore.
v. t.
To condemn; to devote; to doom.
Vote
The freeman casting with unpurchased hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.4.
Vote
The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime.
To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires a great amount of information.
Vote
Parliament voted them one hundred thousand pounds.3.
An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
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.
To choose by suffrage; to elec;
Usage Examples
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change, but Obama took the promise to a new level of absurdity. He suggested that a vote for him would literally transform the Earth.
As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.
'Vote Love' means vote equality. It means vote change. It means vote what's right for humanity.
But I do believe that a woman's truest place is in a home, with a husband and with children, and with large freedom, pecuniary freedom, personal freedom, and the right to vote.
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.
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Other Usage ExamplesBad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.
A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.
Clever and attractive women do not want to vote they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.
As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.
At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship.
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.
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