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   Poll

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   noun

   • 1. the process of voting in an election: "the country went to the polls on March 10" Similar voteballotshow of handsstraw vote/pollreferendumplebisciteelection
   • ▪ a record of the number of votes cast in an election: "the ruling party won 24 seats, narrowly topping the poll" Similar voting figuresvotereturnscounttally
   • ▪ the places where votes are cast in an election: "the polls have only just closed"
   • ▪ short for opinion poll
   • 2. a person's head. dialect
   • ▪ the part of the head on which hair grows; the scalp.

   verb

   • 1. record the opinion or vote of: "focus groups in which customers are polled about merchandise preferences" Similar canvasssurveyaskquestioninterviewballotsample
   • ▪ (of a candidate in an election) receive a specified number of votes: "the Green candidate polled 3.6 percent" Similar getgainregisterrecordreturn
   • 2. check the status of (a measuring device, part of a computer, or a node in a network), especially as part of a repeated cycle: "the network manager can also use the software to poll each Mac on the net"
   • 3. cut the horns off (an animal, especially a young cow).
   • ▪ cut off the top of (a tree or plant), typically to encourage further growth; pollard: archaic "there were some beautiful willows, and now the idiot Parson has polled them into wretched stumps"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘head’): perhaps of Low German origin. The original sense was ‘head’, and hence ‘an individual person among a number’, from which developed the sense ‘number of people ascertained by counting of heads’ and then ‘counting of heads or of votes’ (17th century).

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   • Get a quick, free translation! POLL meaning: 1. the results of a set of questions people are asked to discover what they think about a subject…. Learn more.

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   What is a poll & how does it work?

   • A poll is a survey in which people are asked their opinions about something, usually in order to find out how popular something is or what people intend to do in the future. Polls show that the European treaty has gained support in Denmark. We are doing a weekly poll on the president, and clearly his popularity has declined. 2.

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   What is a political poll?

   • a collection of opinions of an individual or a group of individuals on a topic, person, or event politically biased campaign information presented as a poll in order to change minds a limited number of people from the overall population selected in such a way that each has an equal chance of being chosen

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   What does it mean to go to the polls?

   • The polls means an election for a country's government, or the place where people go to vote in an election. Incumbent officeholders are difficult to defeat at the polls. Voters are due to go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president.

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   A poll taken last month gave the Democrats a seven-point lead. conduct a poll formal (= carry out a poll) The poll was conducted with a sample of 1,023 adults. a poll shows/indicates/suggests something Polls show that older voters are most concerned about economic issues. a poll finds something Our poll found that 29 percent rated his ...

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   2 days ago · poll in American English. (poul) noun. 1. a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis. 2. (usually polls) the place where votes are taken. 3. the registering of votes, as at an election.

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