Standard Lemma guide

voting

adj · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈvoʊtɪŋ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: V OW1 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having an associated right for the holder to vote as an owner of business.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: business, finance

Examples

  • The cumulative voting preferred stock remains voting until all cumulative dividends are paid.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act or process of choosing someone or something in an election.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act or process of casting a vote.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

present participle and gerund of vote

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion
  • they allowed just one vote per person

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vote, ballot, balloting

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: choice, selection, option, pick

Narrower terms: block vote, secret ballot, split ticket, straight ticket, multiple voting, casting vote, veto, write-in

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, vote + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: stemming — action of the verb to vote
  • Arabic: تَصْوِيت (taṣwīt) — action of the verb to vote
  • Azerbaijani: səsvermə — action of the verb to vote
  • Belarusian: галасава́нне (halasavánnje) — action of the verb to vote
  • Bengali: ইন্তেখাব (intekhab) — action of the verb to vote
  • Bulgarian: гласу́ване (glasúvane) — action of the verb to vote
  • Catalan: votació — action of the verb to vote
  • Chinese Mandarin: 投票 (tóupiào) — action of the verb to vote
  • Czech: hlasování — action of the verb to vote
  • Esperanto: voĉdonado — action of the verb to vote
  • Finnish: äänestys — action of the verb to vote
  • Finnish: äänestäminen — action of the verb to vote
  • French: votation — action of the verb to vote
  • Galician: votación — action of the verb to vote
  • Georgian: ხმის მიცემა (xmis micema) — action of the verb to vote
  • German: Abstimmung — action of the verb to vote
  • Greek: ψήφιση (psífisi) — action of the verb to vote
  • Ancient Greek: ψήφισις (psḗphisis) — action of the verb to vote
  • Hindi: मतदान (matdān) — action of the verb to vote
  • Indonesian: pemilihan — action of the verb to vote
  • Indonesian: pemungutan suara — action of the verb to vote
  • Italian: votazione — action of the verb to vote
  • Japanese: 投票 (tōhyō) — action of the verb to vote
  • Korean: 투표 (tupyo) — action of the verb to vote
  • Macedonian: гласање (glasanje) — action of the verb to vote
  • Malay: pengundian — action of the verb to vote
  • Marathi: मतदान (matdān) — action of the verb to vote
  • Navajo: iʼiiʼnííł — action of the verb to vote
  • Norman: vot'tie — action of the verb to vote
  • Polish: głosowanie — action of the verb to vote
  • Portuguese: votação — action of the verb to vote
  • Russian: голосова́ние (golosovánije) — action of the verb to vote
  • Serbo-Croatian: гла̀са̄ње — action of the verb to vote
  • Serbo-Croatian: glàsānje — action of the verb to vote
  • Slovak: hlasovanie — action of the verb to vote
  • Slovene: glasovanje — action of the verb to vote
  • Southern Altai: ӱнбериш (ünberiš) — action of the verb to vote
  • Spanish: votación — action of the verb to vote
  • Swahili: upigaji kura — action of the verb to vote
  • Tajik: овоздиҳӣ (ovozdihi) — action of the verb to vote
  • Tajik: раъйдиҳӣ (ra'ydihi) — action of the verb to vote
  • Tamil: வாக்களிப்பு (vākkaḷippu) — action of the verb to vote
  • Ukrainian: голосува́ння (holosuvánnja) — action of the verb to vote
Real reading context

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