vote

vote is a 4-letter English word with 20 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. 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.
5. noun. Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.
6. intransitive verb. 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.
7. transitive verb. To choose by suffrage; to elec/; as, to vote a candidate into office.
8. transitive verb. To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution.
9. transitive verb. To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore.
10. transitive verb. To condemn; to devote; to doom.
11. noun. the opinion of a group as determined by voting

    "they put the question to a vote"

12. noun. a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative

    "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"

    "they allowed just one vote per person"

    Synonyms: ballot, balloting, voting

13. 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"

    Synonyms: suffrage

14. noun. the total number of voters who participated

    "they are expecting a large vote"

15. noun. a body of voters who have the same interests

    "he failed to get the Black vote"

16. 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"

17. verb. bring into existence or make available by vote

    "They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia"

18. verb. express a choice or opinion

    "I vote that we all go home"

    "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant"

19. verb. express one's choice or preference by vote

    "vote the Democratic ticket"

20. verb. be guided by in voting

    "vote one's conscience"

Synonyms

ballot, balloting, voting, suffrage

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in vote:

veto, voet

Common word forms

voted, voter, votes, voteen, voting, voteable, voteless

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