poll

Examples

• All

• Despite such efforts, recent opinion polls show public support for programs to help poor and homeless people.

  Academic text (1999)

• Just this morning I read a poll that crime is down.

• Do you remember the poll about birth order?

• Make sure that you answer the poll and leave comments on this video.

  StarTalk

• And I have an audience poll question with these four options.

• We'll have a poll to see who won the whole thing.

• According to a recent university poll, 30%.

  I Can't Breathe (God Forgive Them) (2022)

• Let's see what comes in on that quick poll right now.

• Our online poll shows thousands of reports of the phenomenon.

  Dream Scenario (2023)

• Meanwhile, recent public opinion polls have shown widespread approval for some U.S. presence on the isthmus.

  Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

P

polling

vspoll

263 2.6

Collecting votes or opinions from people, for example during an election

is the general activity term that matches this collecting action

E

exit poll

vspoll

• Literature

62 3.6

A survey of people leaving a polling station asking how they voted

is the general opinion survey not tied to immediate post voting prediction

O

opinion poll

vspoll

45 2.5

A survey that asks a group of people what they think about a topic

is the exact general term for this same questioning activity

S

straw poll

vspoll

36 4.4

A quick not official vote that shows what people think

is the formal survey activity rather than an informal unofficial vote

P

public opinion poll

vspoll

21 3.1

A survey that asks a group of people who represent the public about their views on an issue

is the general activity without stressing representative sampling

C

canvass

vspoll

11 7.2

A study that asks people what they think about something

is the broader systematic activity beyond single instances of inquiry

Compounds

E

exit poll

• Literature

62 3.6

A survey of people leaving a polling station asking how they voted

O

opinion poll

45 2.5

A survey that asks a group of people what they think about a topic

S

straw poll

36 4.4

A quick not official vote that shows what people think

P

public opinion poll

21 3.1

A survey that asks a group of people who represent the public about their views on an issue

P

poll tax

9 7.8

A fixed tax each person must pay that often stops people from voting

P

poll taker

1 3.7

A person who asks people questions to find out what they think

P

poll parrot

• Archaic

1 8.9

A tame bird often kept as a pet that can copy human speech

D

deed poll

• UK

1 8.2

A document one person signs to officially change their name

R

Red Poll

1 8.1

A breed of cattle without horns that has a red-brown coat and gives milk and meat

How Formal

research project

34 3.0

to survey

60 3.2

poll

∞ 1.6

straw poll

36 4.4

Surface Forms

Etymology