What does vote mean?

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What does vote mean? - The Free Dictionary

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[n] a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative(there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion they allowed just one vote per person)[v] express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote(He voted for the motion Non

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[n] a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
(there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion they allowed just one vote per person)

[v] express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote
(He voted for the motion None of the Democrats voted last night)

[n] the opinion of a group as determined by voting
(they put the question to a vote)

[v] express one's choice or preference by vote
(vote the Democratic ticket)

[n] a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
(American women got the vote in 1920)

[v] express a choice or opinion
(I vote that we all go home She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant)

[n] a body of voters who have the same interests
(he failed to get the Black vote)

[v] be guided by in voting
(vote one's conscience)

[n] the total number of voters who participated
(they are expecting a large vote)

[v] bring into existence or make available by vote
(They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia)

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A broad distinction is made between general and specialized dictionaries. Specialized dictionaries include words in specialist fields, rather than a complete range of words in the language. Lexical items that describe concepts in specific fields are usually called terms instead of words, although there is no consensus whether lexicology and terminology are two different fields of study. In theory, general dictionaries are supposed[citation needed] to be semasiological, mapping word to definition, while specialized dictionaries are supposed to be onomasiological, first identifying concepts and then establishing the terms used to designate them. In practice, the two approaches are used for both types. There are other types of dictionaries that do not fit neatly into the above distinction, for instance bilingual (translation) dictionaries, dictionaries of synonyms (thesauri), and rhyming dictionaries. The word dictionary (unqualified) is usually understood to refer to a general purpose monolingual dictionary.

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The first recorded dictionaries date back to Sumerian times around 2300 BCE, in the form of bilingual dictionaries, and the oldest surviving monolingual dictionaries are Chinese dictionaries c. 3rd century BCE. The first purely English alphabetical dictionary was A Table Alphabeticall, written in 1604, and monolingual dictionaries in other languages also began appearing in Europe at around this time. The systematic study of dictionaries as objects of scientific interest arose as a 20th-century enterprise, called lexicography, and largely initiated by Ladislav Zgusta. The birth of the new discipline was not without controversy, with the practical dictionary-makers being sometimes accused by others of having an "astonishing" lack of method and critical-self reflection.