Voted Vote Favour Members Motion Listen Arguments Sides

• did you vote for or against her?
• how did you vote at the last election?
• over 60% of members voted in favour of (= for) the motion.
• we'll listen to the arguments on both sides and then vote on it.

vote

1. to show formally by marking a paper or raising your hand which person you want to win an election, or which plan or idea you support
• Did you vote for or against her?
• How did you vote at the last election?
• Over 60% of members voted in favour of (= for) the motion.
• We'll listen to the arguments on both sides and then vote on it.
• Only about half of the electorate bothered to vote.
• We voted Democrat in the last election.
• Parliament voted to set up an independent inquiry into the matter.
2. to choose somebody/something for a position or an award by voting
• He was voted most promising new director.
3. to say that something is good or bad
• The event was voted a great success.
4. to agree to give somebody/yourself something by voting
• The directors have just voted themselves a huge pay increase.
5. to suggest something or support a suggestion that somebody has made
• I vote (that) we go out to eat.
6. to show what you think about something by going or not going somewhere
• Shoppers voted with their feet and avoided the store.

Extra Examples

• Everyone over 18 has the right to vote.
• Her party voted with the government.
• Parliament is to vote on tobacco advertising tomorrow.
• She returned home in order to vote in the elections.
• She was elected on the second round of voting.
• She was voted off the committee.
• Stockholders have the right to vote on the proposal.
• The Senate voted narrowly to continue funding the plan.
• The committee voted in favour of the plan.
• The committee voted unanimously to accept the plans.
• The proposal was voted down.
• The proposals were formally voted upon.
• They all voted for the new tax.
• They voted 15 to 2 to accept the offer.
• They voted overwhelmingly against the proposal.
• They voted yes to the agreement.
• the government that has just been voted into power
• young people who are eligible to vote for the first time
• Over 60% of members voted in favour of the motion.
• Parliament voted to set up an independent enquiry into the matter.
• We’ll listen to the arguments on both sides and then vote on it.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they vote
• he / she / it votes
• past simple voted
• past participle voted
• -ing form voting

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Latin votum ‘a vow, wish’, from vovere ‘to vow’. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.