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- Dictionarypoll/pōl/
noun
- 1. the process of voting in an election: "the country went to the polls on March 10" Similar
- 2. a person's head. dialect
verb
- 1. record the opinion or vote of: "focus groups in which customers are polled about merchandise preferences" Similar
- 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"
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: the casting or recording of the votes of a body of persons. (2) : a counting of votes cast. b. : the place where votes are cast or recorded usually used in plural. at the polls. c. : the period of time during which votes may be cast at an election.
a study in which people are asked for their opinions about a subject or person: carry out/conduct a poll We're carrying out/ conducting a poll to find out what people think about abortion. opinion poll The latest opinion poll puts the Democrats in the lead. the polls [ plural ] the places where people vote in a political election:
Poll definition: 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.. See examples of POLL used in a sentence.
POLL meaning: 1. a study in which people are asked for their opinions about a subject or person: 2. the places…. Learn more.
A poll is an election, or a survey of people's opinions. When people go to the polls, they vote. If you poll your classmates about their favorite foods, you survey them and take note of their opinions — in other words, they each cast a vote.
1. To receive (a given number of votes). 2. To receive or record the votes of: polling a jury. 3. To cast (a vote or ballot). 4. To question in a survey; canvass. 5. To cut off or trim (hair, horns, or wool, for example); clip. 6. To trim or cut off the hair, wool, branches, or horns of: polled the sheep; polled the trees.
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. At least 60 per cent of the country wants the strikers to win, polls show. We are doing a weekly poll on the president, and clearly his popularity has declined. [ + on]
POLL meaning: 1 : an activity in which several or many people are asked a question or a series of questions in order to get information about what most people think about something; 2 : the record of votes that were made by people in an election usually plural
noun. /pəʊl/ (also opinion poll) [countable] the process of questioning people who are representative of a larger group in order to get information about the general opinion synonym survey. to carry out/conduct a poll. A recent poll suggests some surprising changes in public opinion.
to ask someone's opinion as part of a study on what people think about a subject: [ often passive ] Most students polled said they preferred the new system. poll verb [T] (GET VOTES) to receive a particular number of votes in an election: Labour polled only 45 percent of the Scottish vote.
