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poll

noun · verb · adjective

Simple meaning

A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.

Pronunciation

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pohl
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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈpoʊl

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Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.

  2. A formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice.

  3. The counting of votes (as in an election)

  4. The result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded.

  5. A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)

  6. The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.

verb

  1. Vote in an election at a polling station

  2. Get the votes of

  3. transitive

    To take, record the votes of (an electorate).

  4. transitive

    To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).

  5. To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.

  6. To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.

adjective

  1. of kinds of livestock which typically have horns

    Bred without horns, and thus hornless.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A2 · Elementary (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
General English

Word Aura™

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This meaning: A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.

Used this way, poll is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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  • “The recent poll showed public support for the new community park.”noun

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • pollsnounPlural form

    The place where people vote.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • polling boothnounCompound term

    A temporary booth in a polling place which people enter to cast their votes.

  • polling daynounCompound term

    The day appointed for an election.

  • polling placenounCompound term

    A place where voters go to cast their votes in an election.

  • polling stationnounCompound term

    A place where voters go to cast their votes in an election.

  • poll taxnounCompound term

    A tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote.

  • poll takernounCompound term

    Someone who conducts surveys of public opinion.

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Synonyms

Sense: vote in an election at a polling station

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