vote

B1 Topic:Law & Government

US /voʊt/ UK /vəʊt/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like boat /v/ vs /b/

Freq #1464

Meanings

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

noun
A formal choice you make in an election or decision.

She cast her vote for the younger candidate.
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

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.

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Synonyms

2 noun · a formal choice you make in... ballot

4 noun · the total number of people... voter turnout

Word family

Forms votedvotelessvotes

Derived forms countervotecross-votedownvotemisvotenonvoteoutvoteovervotepostvoteprevoterevotesubvotetelevote

Related forms elect nominate

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Signs don't vote

Simplified etymology

Vote comes from Latin votum, “a vow” or “wish,” from vovere, “to vow.” The English verb dates from the mid-16th century.

Etymology

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.

Wote German vadʹdʹa vot

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Topics

Law & Government Register & Style

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# vote

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /voʊt/
**IPA (UK):** /vəʊt/
**Frequency rank:** 1464

## Meanings
1. To formally show which person or choice you support in an election or decision.
2. A formal choice you make in an election or decision.
3. A way of deciding something by counting how many people are for and against it.
4. The total number of people who voted, or the support of a particular group.

## Examples
- Millions of people voted in the national election yesterday.
- She cast her vote for the younger candidate.
- They put the question to a vote.
- The party won a large share of the youth vote.

## Derived Forms
- countervote
- cross-vote
- downvote
- misvote
- nonvote
- outvote
- overvote
- postvote
- prevote
- revote
- subvote
- televote

## Related Forms
- elect
- nominate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: Wote
- Root: vadʹdʹa

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Vote: The etymological chain runs Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- -> Proto-Germanic *wagjaz -> Proto-Baltic [Term?] -> Proto-Finnic *vakja -> Votic vadʹdʹõ? -> Votic vadʹdʹa -> German Wote -> English Vote. From German Wote, ultimately from Votic vadʹdʹa, vadʹdʹalain (“Votian”). Compare Estonian vadjalane. Important historical forms include German Wote, and vot vadʹdʹa. In present-day use, it can mean to formally show which person or choice you support in an election or decision, or a formal choice you make in an election or decision.

## Topics
- Law & Government
- Register & Style

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