voted

2 definitions • 9 examples

past simple and past participle of

to express your choice or opinion, especially by officially writing a mark on a paper or by raising your hand or speaking in a meeting:

vote in She was too young to vote in the election.

vote on The committee voted on the proposal, and accepted it unanimously.

vote for/against Did you vote for or against the motion?

Over 55 percent voted Democrat.

[ + to infinitive ] Employees voted to accept the offer of an eight percent pay rise.

[ + (that) ] I vote (that) we (= I think we should) go to the cinema first and eat afterwards.

[ + obj + noun ] The evening was voted a tremendous success (= this was most people's opinion).

vote someone onto something It was the younger members who voted Smith onto the committee.

be voted into/out of office The Conservative Party was voted into/out of office (= was chosen in an election to become/stop being the government).