electing
- 1Present participle and gerund of elect.
Members are electing a new committee chair at tonight's meeting.
Electing representatives by secret ballot protects voters from pressure.
Note
One -ing form doing two jobs: after be it builds the progressive (members are electing a chair), and as a gerund it names the act itself (electing by ballot). It also carries the verb's quieter meaning, deciding to do something, and then takes an infinitive: a passenger electing to stay aboard. Only the verb has this form; the noun and adjective elect (the elect, a president-elect) do not.
Several passengers are electing to stay aboard rather than go ashore.
By electing to settle, the company avoided a long trial.
electing is a form of elect
elect, verb: To choose a candidate for an office by voting in an election. Full entry
- Spelling
- elect → electing: add -ing
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