Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vote

/voʊt/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.11 in modern English

Syllables
vote
IPA
/voʊt/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.

noun

An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.

noun

An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.

Obsolete

noun

A formalized petition or request.

Obsolete

noun

Any judgment of intellect leading to a formal opinion, a point of view.

Obsolete

noun

Any judgment of intellect leading not only to a formal opinion but also to a particular choice in a legally relevant measure, a point of view as published.

verb

To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.

Intransitive verb

verb

To choose or grant (some objective) by means of a vote, or by general consent.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰéyeti Proto-Italic *woɣʷeō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Proto-Italic *woɣʷetos Proto-Italic *wowitos Latin vōtus Latin vōtumder. English vote From Latin vōtum, a form of voveō (“to vow”) (cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “to vow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- (“to promise, to vow”). Doublet of vow.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: vōtum, *h₁wegʷʰ-, Wote, vadʹdʹa

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /voʊt/
  • British English: /vəʊt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

votes (plural) votes (present, singular) voting (participle, present) voted (participle, past) voted (past) no-table-tags (table tags) glossary (inflection template) voted (first person, past) votest (archaic, present) voted (past, second person) votedst (archaic, past) voteth (archaic, present)

Derived Forms

downvote equivote nonvote overvote revote subvote televote undervote upvote votebank votekick voteless

Phrases

absentee vote alternative vote block vote bullet vote casting vote cast one's vote cemetery vote confidence vote

Frequently Paired Words

elect nominate Votia Votian Votic

Synonyms

Votian ballot voting balloting right to vote suffrage voter turnout

Homonyms

oat (dialectal, mainly South India) vogt

Rhymes With

wrote note boat promote quote remote coat throat goat float devote afloat

Questions

How do you pronounce vote?
The recorded pronunciation is /voʊt/.
What does vote mean?
A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
Where does vote come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce vote

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