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# vote

«vote» in Mova's school dictionary: **to choose someone or something by showing your hand…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#m3)

4) The right to vote in elections. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#m4)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#x1)
- I voted for the red team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#x2)
- She won the school council vote with 12 votes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#x3)
- Adults vote in elections. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#x4)
- Women once could not vote. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#x5)
- Put your hand up to vote. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/#x6)
- Count the votes on a tally chart. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [In the UK a strike is legal after a vote, and the disruption is deliberate so that people notice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/13/)
- [An election is when adults vote to choose their leaders and representatives; candidates send leaflets to explain their promises.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/8/)
- [A polling station is a place, often a school or church hall, where people vote in secret in a small booth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/9/)
- [Voting is secret, so nobody has to tell anyone how they voted, not even their own family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/10/)
- [Many people feel let down by politicians, but they can still vote, write letters and get involved.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vote» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vote/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.