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Vote Oy Noun Election  /Vəʊt   Pusulası Countable Choice

Level B1 
Kind noun
Front vote 
IPA  /vəʊt   / noun
Back oy, oy pusulası
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vote (noun)

 /vəʊt   / noun
 
 1 [countable]
a vote (for/against sb/sth)
a formal choice in an election or at a meeting, which you show by holding up your hand or writing on a piece of paper
oy, oy pusulası
 The votes are still being counted.
 There were 10 votes for, and 25 against, the motion.
 2 [countable]
a vote (on sth)
a method of deciding sth by asking people to express their choice and finding out what most people want
oylama
 The democratic way to decide this would be to take a vote.
 Let's have a vote/put it to the vote.
 3 (the vote)
[singular]
the total number of votes in an election
genel oy toplamı
 She obtained 30% of the vote.
 4 (the vote)
[singular]
the legal right to vote in political elections
oy hakkı
 Women did not get the vote in this country until the 1920s.
IDIOMS
cast a/your vote
to vote
oy kullanmak
 The MPs will cast their votes in the leadership election tomorrow.
a vote of thanks
a short speech to thank sb, usually a guest at a meeting, etc.
teşekkür konuşması
 The club secretary proposed a vote of thanks to the guest speaker.
 

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