0 to express your choice or opinion, especially by officially writing a mark on a paper or by raising your hand or speaking in a meeting:
The committee voted on the proposal, and accepted it unanimously.
Did you vote for or against the motion?
[ + to infinitive ] Employees voted to accept the offer of an eight percent pay rise.
[ + (that) ] I vote (that) we (= I think we should) go to the cinema first and eat afterwards.
[ + obj + noun ] The evening was voted a tremendous success (= this was most people's opinion).
It was the younger members who voted Smith onto the committee.
The Conservative Party was voted into/out of office (= was chosen in an election to become/stop being the government).
1 the act of showing your choice or opinion in an election or meeting by writing an X on an official piece of paper or putting your hand up:
2 to express your choice or opinion as one member of a group in order to decide a matter of importance to the whole group or to elect someone to an office:
[ I ] I voted early this morning just after the polls opened.
[ I ] In a democracy, all adult citizens have the right to vote.
[ I ] Local residents have twice voted against raising property taxes.
[ + to infinitive ] A majority of workers voted to accept the offer of an 8% pay raise.
[ T ] She was voted best director at the Cannes Film Festival.
3 to express your choice or opinion, especially by writing a mark on an official paper or by raising your hand:
Are you eligible to vote?
vote for/against sb/sth They voted for a strike.
vote in favour of sth A slim majority of shareholders voted in favor of the changes.
vote on sth Union members will vote on the agreement next week.
vote to do sth The monetary policy committee voted to keep rates at 3.75%.
vote sb in/out He was voted in as president.
4 a choice that someone makes in an election or meeting especially by writing a mark on an official paper or by raising their hand:
5 a method of making a decision by asking a group of people to vote:
6 the total number of votes that are made:
He won 51% of the vote.
As an expatriate I don't have the vote.
Civil rights include freedom, equality in law and in employment, and the right to vote.
Now that we've heard all the arguments for and against the proposal, shall we vote on it?
Put a cross next to the name of the candidate you want to vote for.
In a historic vote, the Church of England decided to allow women to become priests.
With nearly all the votes counted, Mr Soto had polled 67 percent of the vote.
There were ten votes in favour, six against, and three abstentions.
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