floating vote

float·ing vote

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [floh-ting voht]
- /ˈfloʊ tɪŋ voʊt/
- /ˈfləʊ.tɪŋ vəʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [floh-ting voht]
- /ˈfloʊ tɪŋ voʊt/

Definitions of floating vote words

noun floating vote those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party. 1
noun floating vote a body of votes or voters collectively not consistently favouring any single political party 0
noun floating vote Vote held by a floating voter, and as such it is an unpredictable vote. 0

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Origin of floating vote

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

First recorded in 1840-50

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Parts of speech for Floating vote

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Floating vote

floating vote popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

floating vote usage trend in Literature

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