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vote
noun
a
formal
choice
made
in
an
election
,
meeting
,
or
poll
•
Lena
dropped
her
paper
vote
into
the
clear
ballot
box
.
Lena
dropped
her
paper
vote
into
the
clear
ballot
box
.
•
Each
vote
matters
when
the
race
is
close
.
Each
vote
matters
when
the
race
is
close
.
From
Latin
votum
,
later
meaning
a
formal
choice
in
English
from
the
15th
century
.
verb
-
vote
,
voting
,
votes
,
voted
to
cast
a
ballot
or
make
a
formal
choice
in
an
election
or
poll
•
Citizens
lined
up
early
to
vote
in
the
national
election
.
Citizens
lined
up
early
to
vote
in
the
national
election
.
•
You
must
register
before
you
can
vote
.
You
must
register
before
you
can
vote
.
Verb
sense
recorded
from
the
mid-15th
century
,
originally
in
assemblies
and
parliaments
.
noun
a
formal
choice
that
someone
makes
in
an
election
,
meeting
,
or
poll
,
often
by
marking
a
paper
,
pressing
a
button
,
or
raising
a
hand
•
Maria
dropped
her
ballot
into
the
box
,
knowing
her
vote
could
make
a
difference
.
Maria
dropped
her
ballot
into
the
box
,
knowing
her
vote
could
make
a
difference
.
•
Every
vote
counts
in
a
close
election
.
Every
vote
counts
in
a
close
election
.
From
Latin
“
votum
”
meaning
a
vow
or
wish
,
later
developing
through
French
into
the
political
sense
of
expressing
a
choice
.
verb
-
vote
,
voting
,
votes
,
voted
to
show
your
choice
or
opinion
in
an
election
,
meeting
,
or
poll
,
for
example
by
marking
a
ballot
,
pressing
a
button
,
or
raising
your
hand
•
Tomorrow
,
the
citizens
will
vote
to
choose
their
new
mayor
.
Tomorrow
,
the
citizens
will
vote
to
choose
their
new
mayor
.
•
All
the
students
voted
for
pizza
as
the
class
party
food
.
All
the
students
voted
for
pizza
as
the
class
party
food
.
From
Latin
“
votum
”
meaning
a
vow
or
wish
,
entering
English
in
the
15th
century
as
the
act
of
expressing
a
choice
.
noun
-
vote
the
legal
right
to
take
part
in
elections
;
suffrage
•
Many
people
fought
hard
so
that
every
citizen
could
have
the
vote
.
Many
people
fought
hard
so
that
every
citizen
could
have
the
vote
.
•
Young
adults
gained
the
vote
at
age
eighteen
in
many
countries
.
Young
adults
gained
the
vote
at
age
eighteen
in
many
countries
.
Meaning
"
right
to
vote
"
emerged
in
the
18th
century
as
democratic
systems
grew
.
verb
-
vote
,
voting
,
votes
,
voted
to
choose
someone
or
something
by
a
formal
or
official
vote
•
The
shareholders
voted
her
chairman
of
the
board
.
The
shareholders
voted
her
chairman
of
the
board
.
•
Congress
voted
the
bill
into
law
.
Congress
voted
the
bill
into
law
.
Use
in
the
sense
of
“
elect
”
dates
from
the
16th
century
.
verb
-
vote
,
voting
,
votes
,
voted
(
informal
)
to
state
a
strong
preference
or
suggestion
•
I
vote
we
order
pizza
for
dinner
.
I
vote
we
order
pizza
for
dinner
.
•
The
team
voted
him
MVP
for
his
outstanding
play
.
The
team
voted
him
MVP
for
his
outstanding
play
.
Informal
sense
developed
in
American
English
in
the
late
19th
century
.
noun
-
vote
the
legal
right
of
a
person
or
group
to
take
part
in
an
election
•
In
many
countries
,
women
gained
the
vote
only
in
the
twentieth
century
.
In
many
countries
,
women
gained
the
vote
only
in
the
twentieth
century
.
•
Activists
fought
hard
so
that
everyone
would
have
the
vote
.
Activists
fought
hard
so
that
everyone
would
have
the
vote
.
Sense
extended
from
the
act
of
choosing
(
vote
)
to
the
entitlement
to
participate
,
first
recorded
in
the
18th
century
during
debates
on
parliamentary
reform
.
voter
noun
a
person
who
has
the
legal
right
to
choose
a
candidate
or
decide
an
issue
in
an
official
election
•
At
the
polling
station
,
each
voter
received
a
paper
ballot
.
At
the
polling
station
,
each
voter
received
a
paper
ballot
.
•
The
debate
helped
the
undecided
voter
make
up
her
mind
.
The
debate
helped
the
undecided
voter
make
up
her
mind
.
from
the
verb
“
vote
”
+
the
agent-forming
suffix
“
-er
,”
first
recorded
in
the
early
1700s
noun
in
computing
or
electronics
,
a
device
or
software
routine
that
compares
several
redundant
inputs
and
outputs
the
value
held
by
the
majority
of
them
•
A
triple-modular-redundancy
system
uses
a
voter
to
pick
the
majority
signal
.
A
triple-modular-redundancy
system
uses
a
voter
to
pick
the
majority
signal
.
•
If
one
sensor
fails
,
the
software
voter
still
delivers
a
reliable
result
.
If
one
sensor
fails
,
the
software
voter
still
delivers
a
reliable
result
.
extended
from
the
political
sense
:
the
device
"
votes
"
by
selecting
the
majority
input
;
term
appears
in
reliability
engineering
literature
from
the
1960s
voting
verb
-
vote
,
voting
,
votes
,
voted
present
participle
of
vote
:
choosing
between
options
in
an
election
or
decision-making
process
•
Citizens
are
voting
today
to
elect
a
new
mayor
.
Citizens
are
voting
today
to
elect
a
new
mayor
.
•
The
committee
is
voting
on
the
budget
proposal
right
now
.
The
committee
is
voting
on
the
budget
proposal
right
now
.