vote
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 →
2) (noun) A vote is one person's choice in such a decision. tree →
3) (noun) A vote is also the act of choosing as a group: let's have a vote. tree →
4) The right to vote in elections. tree →
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 →
- I voted for the red team. tree →
- She won the school council vote with 12 votes. tree →
- Adults vote in elections. tree →
- Women once could not vote. tree →
- Put your hand up to vote. tree →
- Count the votes on a tally chart. tree →
- The Fox did not vote for the Monkey and was much disgusted with the Animals for electing so unworthy a ruler. tree →
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.
- An election is when adults vote to choose their leaders and representatives; candidates send leaflets to explain their promises.
- A polling station is a place, often a school or church hall, where people vote in secret in a small booth.
- Voting is secret, so nobody has to tell anyone how they voted, not even their own family.
- Many people feel let down by politicians, but they can still vote, write letters and get involved.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «vote» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.