to canvass
5
6.8
- verb
- /ˈkæn.vəs/
:
examinar
- First, the students canvassed the experts.
- widely canvassed
But I think our language it, it canvasses our days, right?
- But I think our language it, it canvasses our days, right?
- Just, you know, canvassing the entire practice, like like I can do it, but I can't do it at that level.
Examples
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I am very familiar with the subsequent literature and have canvassed it thoroughly.
Blog text (20) -
The reasons for this have been well canvassed.
Academic text (2001) -
No other single criticism is more widely canvassed or more highly regarded in the literature.
Academic text (2001) -
But I prefer to give advice, make my own contributions, and canvass for other people—not myself.
Blog text (21) -
To do this well, the hopes and fears of these different citizens need to be canvassed fairly regularly to monitor the impact of the debate on public opinion.
Academic text (1997) -
For, in the first place, he was an acute philosophical critic, and his criticisms apply to theories that are still being canvassed.
Academic text (1998) -
Scholars have interrogated the meaning of the Eleventh Amendment, investigated whether sovereign immunity bars suits beyond the text of that amendment, and canvassed the policy goals that sovereign immunity does and should serve.
Academic text (2016) -
The team will canvass the community to gather opinions on the new park proposal.
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Before making a decision, we should canvass all the options available to us.
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The manager asked the committee to canvass their ideas for improving the project.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To look at something carefully to understand it
868
2.5
To look at something carefully to find facts or problems
675
3.2
To study something carefully to understand it better
471
2.3
To study something carefully to learn more about it
48
3.7
To look carefully at something to learn about it
35
5.1
To ask careful questions to find hidden information
Phrasal Verbs
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Etymology
Canvass probably comes from the old cloth canvas, because people once shook or sorted things inside a cloth to test them. So to canvass a topic is to look at it closely or talk about its parts to 'test' ideas and find what matters.