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# vote

verb (vote, votes, voted, voting); noun (a vote, votes)

«vote» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To vote is to choose someone or something by showing your hand, ticking a paper or pressing a button, so a group can decide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#m1)
2. (noun) A vote is one person's choice in such a decision. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#m2)
3. (noun) A vote is also the act of choosing as a group: let's have a vote. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#m3)
4. The right to vote in elections. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#m4)

### In the lessons

Used at school: class votes, voting for the school council, voting by hands up. In citizenship and history lessons: elections, democracy; women fought for the vote. In maths: tally charts and bar charts of votes; the most votes wins (the majority).

### Examples

- Let's vote on the class pet's name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#x1)
- I voted for the red team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#x2)
- She won the school council vote with 12 votes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#x3)
- Adults vote in elections. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#x4)
- Women once could not vote. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#x5)
- Put your hand up to vote. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#x6)
- Count the votes on a tally chart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#x7)
- The Fox did not vote for the Monkey and was much disgusted with the Animals for electing so unworthy a ruler. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb: voted, voting. Person: voter. "Vote for" someone or something; "vote on" a question. In maths, a majority means more than half of all the votes.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vote» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vote» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vote.html) on Mova free.