nounthe act of marking a paper or holding up your hand, to show your opinion or to show who you want to be electedUsageto take a vote on a proposal, to put a proposal to the voteto ask people present at a meeting to say if they do or do not agree with the proposalverbto show an opinion by marking a paper or by holding up your hand at a meeting ExamplesThe meeting voted to close the factory. • 52 per cent of the members voted for Mr Smith as chairman. • Most of the staff voted for a strike.Usageto vote for or against a proposalto say that you agree or do not agree with a proposalUsagetwo directors were voted off the board at the AGMthe AGM voted to dismiss two directorsUsageshe was voted on to the committeeshe was elected a member of the committee the act of marking a paper or holding up your hand, to show your opinion or to show who you want to be elected to show an opinion by marking a paper or by holding up your hand at a meeting