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"American women got the vote in 1920"nouna legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
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"there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion" "they allowed just one vote per person"nouna choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
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"they are expecting a large vote"nounthe total number of voters who participated
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"he failed to get the Black vote"nouna body of voters who have the same intereststype of:
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"They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia"verbbring into existence or make available by vote
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"I vote that we all go home" "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant"verbexpress a choice or opinion
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"vote the Democratic ticket"verbexpress one's choice or preference by vote
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"He voted for the motion" "None of the Democrats voted last night"verbexpress one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote
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"they put the question to a vote"nounthe opinion of a group as determined by votingtype of:
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take body pick state choice choose express option election selection select voting veto franchise ballot poll voter referendum suffrage plebiscite enfranchisement balloting right to vote universal suffrage straight ticket secret ballot casting vote split ticket multiple voting block vote write-in voter turnout numerical quantity bullet vote vote in vote out pick out write in turn thumbs down outvote vote down group action