poll

The definition of a poll is a counting or voting, or a place where people vote.

(noun)

  1. An example of a poll is a research survey.
  2. An example of a poll is a place where people go to vote during an election.

Poll is defined as to cast and gather a vote, or to survey people.

(verb)

  1. An example of poll is to ask each member of the jury how they voted.
  2. An example of poll is to ask 1,000 people about their level of education.

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See poll in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. the head; esp., the crown, back, or hair of the head
  2. an individual person, esp. one among several
  3. a counting, listing, or register of persons, esp. of voters
  4. a voting or expression of opinion by individuals
  5. the amount of voting; number of votes recorded
  6. ☆ a place where votes are cast and recorded
    1. a canvassing of a selected or random group of people to collect information, or to attempt to discover public opinion
    2. a report or record of the results of this
  7. the blunt or flat end, as of an ax

Origin: ME pol < or akin to MDu, top of the head, head

transitive verb

  1. to cut off or cut short
  2. to cut off or trim the wool, hair, horns, or branches of; specif., to pollard (a tree)
    1. to take or register the votes of: to poll a county
    2. to require each member of (a jury, committee, etc.) to declare his or her vote individually
  3. to receive (a specified number or proportion of votes)
  4. to cast (a vote)
  5. to canvass in a poll (sense )

intransitive verb

to vote in an election

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See poll in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The casting and registering of votes in an election.
  2. The number of votes cast or recorded.
  3. The place where votes are cast and registered. Often used in the plural with the.
  4. A survey of the public or of a sample of public opinion to acquire information.
  5. The head, especially the top of the head where hair grows.
  6. The blunt or broad end of a tool such as a hammer or ax.
verb polled, poll·ing, polls
verb, transitive
  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.
verb, intransitive
To vote at the polls in an election.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English pol, head

Origin: , from Middle Low German

Origin: or Middle Dutch

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Related Forms:

  • pollˈer noun

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