vote

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To formally show which person or choice you support in an election or decision.

   Millions of people voted in the national election yesterday.

2. 2
   noun

   A formal choice you make in an election or decision.

   She cast her vote for the younger candidate.

3. 3
   noun

   A way of deciding something by counting how many people are for and against it.

   They put the question to a vote.

4. 4
   noun

   The total number of people who voted, or the support of a particular group.

   The party won a large share of the youth vote.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *wagjazbor.? Proto-Baltic [Term?]bor.? Proto-Finnic *vakja Votic vadʹdʹõ? Votic vadʹdʹader. German Wotebor. English Vote From German Wote, ultimately from Votic vadʹdʹa, vadʹdʹalain (“Votian”). Compare Estonian vadjalane.

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