voting age
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈvoʊtɪŋ eɪdʒ/
:
edad para votar
- New millennial-generation voters are reaching legal voting age, with more to follow in 2012.
- should the voting age be lowered
- voting age population
- voting age of 21
You know, I, I don't think that they're currently of voting age, right?
- You know, I, I don't think that they're currently of voting age, right?
Examples
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Your spokesperson should be of voting age and a resident community member.
Academic text (2004) -
Two more years of more young people reaching voting age, and old people dying off.
Blog text (5) -
The rule was that everyone who had reached voting age was given a single vote.
Blog text (29) -
And maybe, once his students reach voting age, they will make sure he keeps his job.
Academic text (1996) -
At least he's of voting age.
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About 2.7 million people voted from a voting age population of about 7.3 million
Blog text (24) -
In July 1971, the constitutional amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
Academic text (2007) -
So 22 million Latino citizens of voting age are "eligible to register," and then vote.
Blog text (22) -
The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1971, lowered the voting age to eighteen.
Academic text (1992) -
In the United States, citizens must reach voting age to participate in elections.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the age at which a person may vote' is directly and compositionally derived from 'voting' (the act of casting ballots) + 'age' (a numeric threshold or years of life). This noun–noun compound follows a common and cross-linguistic pattern (e.g., Spanish 'edad de voto', French 'âge du vote'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Voting age comes from the simple idea of picking an exact age when people may join big community decisions, such as voting. So voting age today means the set age when someone is legally 'allowed to vote'.