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How to pronounce vote in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms right to vote, suffrage
Type of enfranchisement, franchise
Has types universal suffrage


American women got the vote in 1920.
Type Words
Synonyms ballot, balloting, voting
Type of option, choice, pick, selection
Has types straight ticket, secret ballot, casting vote, veto, split ticket, multiple voting, block vote, write-in


there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion.
they allowed just one vote per person.
Type Words
Synonyms voter turnout
Type of numerical quantity


they are expecting a large vote.
Type Words
Type of body


he failed to get the Black vote.
Type Words
Derivation voter


They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia.
Type Words
Type of express, state


I vote that we all go home.
She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant.
Type Words
Type of express, state
Has types bullet vote
Derivation voting, voter


vote the Democratic ticket.
Type Words
Type of select, choose, pick out, take
Has types poll, ballot, write in, turn thumbs down, outvote, vote down
Derivation voting, voter


He voted for the motion.
None of the Democrats voted last night.
Type Words
Type of group action
Has types referendum, plebiscite, election


they put the question to a vote.

Examples of vote

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The final vote in the Senate could come midweek, and in the House by week's end.
From the thenewstribune.com
Neth said new evidence showed that the humor website had indeed swayed the vote.
From the omaha.com
One option would be to attempt an end-around on the two-thirds vote requirement.
From the sacbee.com
Last we need Sacramento to pass a bill that you deed a legal picture ID to vote.
From the ocregister.com
Vote republican and you are voting for third world status for working Americans.
From the newsday.com
She said after the vote that the candidates lacked experience in parole matters.
From the bostonherald.com
The election board yesterday said women will be excluded from the Sept. 22 vote.
From the bloomberg.com
In their vote to approve the report, commissioners split along party lines, 6-4.
From the bloomberg.com
He is so transparent that I will never understand why anyone would vote for him.
From the washingtontimes.com
More examples
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • The opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote"
  • Express a choice or opinion; "I vote that we all go home"; "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant"
  • Right to vote: 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"
  • A body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to get the Black vote"
  • The following is a complete list of episodes for the 1980s television series Dynasty, in broadcast order.
  • Votes, sometimes also Vods (Votic: vau0111u0111alaizu00F5d) are a people of Votia in Ingria, the part of modern-day northwestern Russia that is roughly southwest of Saint Petersburg and east of the Estonian border-town of Narva. The Finnic Votic language spoken by Votes is close to extinction. Votians were one of the founding people of Veliky Novgorod...