vote

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n.

collective opinion as determined by voting

1) to take a vote on (a motion)

2) to put a motion to a vote; to bring a motion to a vote

3) to influence, swing a vote (recent events swung the vote in our favor; the press can influence the vote)

4) to count, tally the vote

5) a close; lopsided; solid; unanimous vote

6) a rising; straw; voice; write-in vote

7) a vote on (a vote on an issue)

8) (esp. BE) a vote to + inf. (we took a vote to adjourn)

9) by a vote (by a unanimous vote)

10) (misc.) a vote of censure; confidence; no-confidence; thanks

individual expression of opinion, ballot

11) to cast a vote

12) to change, switch one's vote

13) to get, receive smb.'s vote (you'll never get my vote)

14) the deciding vote (to cast the deciding vote)

15) a write-in vote

16) a vote against; for; on (to cast a vote for a proposal)

17) the votes to + inf. (we have enough votes to carry the state)

group of voters

18) the conservative; floating (BE) ('unattached'); independent; labor; liberal; undecided vote

voters as a group

19) to deliver the vote(s); to get out the vote (the party machine delivered the votes; a series of interesting debates helped to get out the vote)

20) a heavy; light vote

right to vote, franchise, suffrage

21) to get, receive the vote (in some countries women got the vote after World War I)

II

v.

1) (C; usu. used without for) Congress voted him a pension

2) (D; intr.) to vote against; for (to vote against a bill)

3) (d; tr.) to vote into (to vote smb. into office)

4) (D; intr.) to vote on, upon (to vote on a resolution)

5) (d; tr.) to vote out of (to vote smb. out of office)

6) (E) the committee voted to approve the report

7) (L; subj.) Parliament voted that the allocation be/should be reduced

8) (N; used with an adjective, noun) she was voted the most likely to succeed

9) (misc.) to vote by a show of hands

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confidence

independent

labor

liberal

light vote

lopsided

no-confidence

solid

straw

switch one's vote

tally the vote

thanks

to bring a motion to a vote

unanimous vote

undecided vote

voice

write-in vote

floating ('unattached'; BE)

receive the vote (in some countries women got the vote after World War I)

swing a vote (recent events swung the vote in our favor; the press can influence the vote)

to get out the vote (the party machine delivered the votes; a series of interesting debates helped to get out the vote)

on (to cast a vote for a proposal)

on (to cast a vote for a proposal)

for (to vote against a bill)

upon (to vote on a resolution)

receive smb. 's vote (you'll never get my vote)

(C; usu. used without for) Congress voted him a pension

(D; intr.) to vote against

(D; intr.) to vote on

(E) the committee voted to approve the report

(L; subj.) Parliament voted that the allocation be/should be reduced

(N; used with an adjective, noun) she was voted the most likely to succeed

(misc.) a vote of censure

(misc.) to vote by a show of hands

['group of voters'] the conservative

['individual expression of opinion, ballot'] to cast a vote

a close

a heavy

a rising

a write-in vote

a vote against

to change

to count

to get

to influence

to put a motion to a vote

['collective opinion as determined by voting'] to take a vote on (a motion)

a vote on (a vote on an issue)

by a vote (by a unanimous vote)

['voters as a group'] to deliver the vote (s)

the deciding vote (to cast the deciding vote)

(d; tr.) to vote into (to vote smb. into office)

(d; tr.) to vote out of (to vote smb. out of office)

the votes to + inf. (we have enough votes to carry the state)

(esp. BE) a vote to + inf. (we took a vote to adjourn)