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How to spell vote

hear itvote/voʊt/verbSounds

What it means: To express a choice in an election.

In a sentence: I will vote for my favorite ice cream flavor.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as vot or voat.

Same family: voter, voting, revote, ballot, election. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "vote" comes from the Latin word "votum," meaning a vow or promise. Over time, it shifted from a promise made to a god to a formal opinion or choice in politics and public decisions.

Patterns it uses: Drop the e before a suffix?

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