- vote
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 choice/decision made by votingADJECTIVE▪ electoral▪ majority▪ huge, massive (esp. BrE), overwhelming, resounding (esp. BrE)▪
an overwhelming vote in favour/favor of autonomy
▪ unanimous▪ close, knife-edge (esp. BrE), narrow (esp. BrE)▪ two-thirds, two-to-one, etc.▪ democratic, direct, free (BrE)▪Members of Parliament will have a free vote on this bill.
▪ transferable (BrE)▪The single transferable vote system operates.
▪ fair▪ secret▪ national▪ popular▪The law was ratified by popular vote.
▪ casting, decisive▪ final▪ crucial, important, key▪ affirmative, favourable/favorable, yes▪ negative, no▪ dissenting▪ protest▪He lost the election because of the protest vote.
▪ tactical (BrE)▪ floating (BrE), swing (esp. AmE)▪ postal (BrE), proxy▪ invalid, valid▪ congressional, parliamentary, Senate▪ presidential▪ individual▪ block▪He won the seat thanks to Polish block votes.
▪The union wants the system of block votes to continue.
▪ black, Hispanic, Jewish, etc.▪Ferrer got 84% of the Hispanic vote.
▪ historic▪ first-place▪ confirmation, floor, recall, up-or-down (= on which members vote yes or no), voice (all AmE)▪ party-line (AmE)▪ Conservative, Republican, etc.VERB + VOTE▪ have, hold, put sth to the, take▪We should put the resolution to the vote.
▪Let's take a vote on the issue.
▪ have▪The chairperson always has the casting vote.
▪ cast, record (formal)▪You can cast your vote at the local polling station.
▪50% of the eligible voters recorded their vote.
▪ gain, garner, get, obtain, poll, receive, secure, win▪Our candidate polled only 10% of the vote.
▪ need, require▪ sway, swing▪factors that could swing the vote against the president
▪ influence▪ lose▪ court▪Bush had courted the military vote.
▪ count, tally▪Votes are still being counted.
▪ divide, split▪the party that split the Republican vote
▪ schedule▪ delay, postpone▪ give sb▪ deny sb▪ suppress▪ throw away, wasteVOTE + VERB▪ go to sb/sth▪My vote will go to the party that addresses crime.
▪ fall▪The party's vote fell by 6%.
▪ increase, rise▪ count▪Everyone's vote counts.
PREPOSITION▪ by vote▪The bill was passed by a single vote.
▪Members are elected by direct vote.
▪Mr Olsen was approved by a vote of 51–47.
▪ vote against▪ vote for, vote in favour/favor (of sth)▪a vote for the government
▪ vote on▪a vote on the new law
PHRASES▪ change your vote▪They want to persuade voters to change their vote.
▪ force a vote (on sth)▪Any senator can force a vote on virtually any proposal.
▪ a vote of confidence, a vote of no confidence▪The government received a massive vote of confidence from the electorate.
▪ a vote of thanks▪A special vote of thanks went to the organizer, Tom Woodhouse.
▪ take a quick vote▪We took a quick vote to decide on a leader.
2 the vote legal right to vote in electionsVERB + THE VOTE▪ have▪How many years is it since women have had the vote?
▪ get▪ give sb{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbADVERB▪ overwhelmingly▪ unanimously▪The committee voted unanimously to accept the plans.
▪ narrowly▪The Senate voted narrowly to continue funding the plan.
▪ tactically (BrE)▪ online▪ consistently▪ down, in, out▪The proposal was voted down.
VERB + VOTE▪ be eligible to, be entitled to▪young people who are eligible to vote for the first time
▪ intend toPREPOSITION▪ against▪They voted overwhelmingly against the proposal.
▪ for▪They all voted for the new tax.
▪ in▪She returned home in order to vote in the elections.
▪ in favour/favor of▪The committee voted in favour/favor of the plan.
▪ into▪the government that has just been voted into power
▪ off▪She was voted off the committee.
▪ on, upon▪Stockholders have the right to vote on the proposal.
▪Parliament is to vote on tobacco advertising tomorrow.
▪ out of▪He was voted out of office.
▪ (by) … to do sth▪They voted 15 to 2 to accept the offer.
▪ with▪Her party voted with the government.
PHRASES▪ the right to vote▪Everyone over 18 has the right to vote.
▪ a round of voting▪She was elected on the second round of voting.
▪ vote Conservative, Labour, Republican, etc.▪ vote no, vote yes▪They voted yes to the agreement.
Vote is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑assembly, ↑conference, ↑congress, ↑council, ↑delegate, ↑elector, ↑electorate, ↑legislature, ↑meeting, ↑member, ↑panel, ↑parliament, ↑representative, ↑shareholder, ↑stockholder, ↑viewer, ↑voter, ↑worker
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
