# voting

Pronunciation: say "VOH-ting" US /ˈvoʊtɪŋ/, UK /ˈvəʊtɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The act or process of casting votes to choose a person or decide a question, as in an election.
   - Simple: When people give their votes to choose someone or decide something, for example in an election.
   - _Voting in the national election stretched late into the evening._
   - _Officials reported a record turnout during this year's voting._

## Verb

2. Present participle of vote. — present participle and gerund of vote
   - Simple: Present participle of vote. Use this -ing form after is, are, was or were for an action in progress.
   - _Citizens are voting in record numbers this election._
   - _The committee is voting to approve the budget._

## Adjective

3. Entitled to take part, by casting a vote, in the decisions of a body such as a committee, board, or assembly.
   - Simple: Allowed to vote when a group, like a club or a board, makes decisions.
   - _The council has nine voting members and two advisers who may speak but not vote._
   - _Each department sends one voting delegate to the faculty senate._
4. Carrying the right for the holder to vote in decisions as an owner of a business.
   - Simple: Giving the owner the right to vote on how a company is run.
   - _Voting shares typically grant one vote per share at the annual meeting._
   - _The founders retained the voting stock to keep control of major decisions._

## Origin

Formed within English from "vote" plus the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/voting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).