{ "term": "vote", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a formal choice that you make in an election or at a meeting in order to choose somebody or decide something", "sensetop": "vote for/against somebody/something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to **win/lose votes**" }, { "text": "You can **cast your vote** at the local polling station." }, { "text": "He took 53% of the votes in the election." }, { "text": "They've started opening the ballot boxes and **counting the votes**." }, { "text": "No candidate gained a **majority of the votes** in the first round." }, { "text": "The Tory candidate received only 4203 votes." }, { "text": "There were 21 votes for and 17 against the motion, with 2 abstentions.", "contextForm": "vote for/against somebody/something" }, { "text": "The motion was passed by 6 votes to 3." }, { "text": "The Green candidate won over 3 000 of the 14 000 **votes cast**." }, { "text": "Everyone's vote counts." }, { "text": "The chairperson has the deciding vote." }, { "text": "It's a cynical attempt to get votes at the next election." }, { "text": "They do not yet have the votes needed to pass the bill." }, { "text": "The party received its lowest number of votes since 1935." }, { "text": "He won the seat thanks to Polish block votes." }, { "text": "My vote will go to the party that addresses crime." }, { "text": "The bill was passed by a single vote." }, { "text": "They want to persuade voters to change their vote." }, { "text": "Votes are still being counted." }, { "text": "Mr Olsen was approved by a vote of 51–47." }, { "text": "a vote for the government" }, { "text": "an overwhelming vote in favour of autonomy" }, { "text": "factors that could swing the vote against the president" } ], "topics": ["Politics", "Preferences and decisions"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["electoral", "majority", "huge"], "verb + vote": ["have", "hold", "put something to the"], "vote + verb": ["go to somebody/​something", "fall", "increase"], "preposition": ["by vote", "vote against", "vote for"], "phrases": [ "change your vote", "force a vote (on something)", "a vote of confidence" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "an occasion when a group of people vote on something", "sensetop": "vote on somethingvote in favour of somethingvote to do something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to **win/lose a vote**" }, { "text": "to **have/take/hold a vote** on an issue", "contextForm": "vote on something" }, { "text": "We saw today a decisive vote in favour of *(= for)* industrial action.", "contextForm": "vote in favour of something" }, { "text": "The issue was **put to the vote**." }, { "text": "The vote was unanimous." }, { "text": "He called on the government to delay the vote to authorize military action.", "contextForm": "vote to do something" }, { "text": "Decisions have to be ratified by a **majority vote**." }, { "text": "They took a vote on who should be their new leader." }, { "text": "I think it's time to put this issue to the vote." }, { "text": "When will we know the outcome of the vote?" }, { "text": "We should put the resolution to the vote." }, { "text": "We took a quick vote to decide on a leader." }, { "text": "Let's take a vote on the issue." }, { "text": "Any senator can force a vote on virtually any proposal." }, { "text": "Members are elected by direct vote." }, { "text": "Members of Parliament will have a free vote on this bill." }, { "text": "The law was ratified by popular vote." }, { "text": "a vote on the new law" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["electoral", "majority", "huge"], "verb + vote": ["have", "hold", "put something to the"], "vote + verb": ["go to somebody/​something", "fall", "increase"], "preposition": ["by vote", "vote against", "vote for"], "phrases": [ "change your vote", "force a vote (on something)", "a vote of confidence" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the right to vote, especially in political elections", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "In Britain and the US, people **get the vote** at 18." }, { "text": "How many years is it since women have had the vote?" }, { "text": "legislation to **give** prisoners the **vote**" } ], "topics": ["Politics"], "collocations": { "verb + the vote": ["have", "get", "give somebody"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "the total number of votes in an election", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She obtained 40% of the vote." }, { "text": "The party increased their **share of the vote**." }, { "text": "Our candidate polled only 10% of the vote." }, { "text": "The party's vote fell by 6%." } ], "topics": ["Politics"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["electoral", "majority", "huge"], "verb + vote": ["have", "hold", "put something to the"], "vote + verb": ["go to somebody/​something", "fall", "increase"], "preposition": ["by vote", "vote against", "vote for"], "phrases": [ "change your vote", "force a vote (on something)", "a vote of confidence" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "the vote given by a particular group of people, or for a particular party, etc.", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "the student vote" }, { "text": "the Labour vote" }, { "text": "the Hispanic/Latino vote" }, { "text": "Bush had courted the military vote." }, { "text": "the party that split the Republican vote" }, { "text": "Ferrer got 84% of the Hispanic vote." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["electoral", "majority", "huge"], "verb + vote": ["have", "hold", "put something to the"], "vote + verb": ["go to somebody/​something", "fall", "increase"], "preposition": ["by vote", "vote against", "vote for"], "phrases": [ "change your vote", "force a vote (on something)", "a vote of confidence" ] } } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/vəʊt/", "audio": "vo/vote/vote__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/vəʊt/", "audio": "vo/vote/vote__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin votum ‘a vow, wish’, from vovere ‘to vow’. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent." }