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投票 — meaning in English

tóu piào

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English meaning

  • cast verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  • voice noun The sound a person produces when speaking or singing.
  • vote noun A formal choice made as part of an election or decision, usually by ballot.
  • voting noun The process of making a formal choice, especially in an election.

Senses

投票 is used for these senses in English:

  • Votic A nearly extinct Finno-Ugric language spoken in Ingria.
  • cast To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote). [from 19th c.]
  • cast one's vote (idiomatic, intransitive) To vote for something.
  • voice (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
  • vote A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
  • vote (intransitive) To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.
  • voting action of the verb to vote

cast — full definition

  1. verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  2. verb To choose actors for the roles in a play, film, or show.
  3. verb To shape a liquid material, especially molten metal, by pouring it into a mould.
  4. noun The group of actors performing in a play, film, or show.
  5. noun A rigid support, often plaster, used to hold a broken bone in place while it heals.

voice — full definition

  1. noun The sound a person produces when speaking or singing.
  2. noun The right or opportunity to express an opinion, or the opinion itself.
  3. noun The distinctive tone or style in which a writer expresses themselves.
  4. verb To express something in words; to put an opinion or feeling into speech.

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