polling station
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- noun
- /ˈpoʊlɪŋ ˈsteɪʃən/
- UK
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centro de votación
- In Chicago, an election judge who assists all voters at a precinct polling station has been observed.
- voters to polling station
- open polling stations
- vote at a polling station
There is no way he cares enough to go stand in line a polling station and and cast a vote.
- There is no way he cares enough to go stand in line a polling station and and cast a vote.
- That's the post civil war statute that is meant to stop people who are trying to make it impossible in this case for blacks to get to the polling station and so on.
- They set up polling stations all over the rim of the war and Union soldiers lined up to vote and this was the test.
- I voted in in a very attractive polling station in the examination schools of London University, just off Russell Square.
Examples
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Many citizens waited in line at the polling station to cast their votes on election day.
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As people were approached in exit polls as they left polling stations yesterday, they were asked what is the most important issue of the election.
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Giving you plenty of time to meet at the polling station... and cast your vote... right?
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I live in a college town, but this is not the main college student polling station.
Blog text (14) -
Two weeks before the last election, all the polling stations in my county were suddenly moved.
Blog text (15) -
For the first time ever, I'll be waiting when they open the polling station.
Blog text (14) -
I even walked to the polling station since it was only a mile away.
Blog text (18) -
People waited in line to vote at a polling station in Miami on Saturday.
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According to the Election Commission, there will be upwards of 9,000 polling stations throughout the country.
Academic text (1992) -
After weeks of campaigning on the road, Tony Blair and his family finally strolled the few hundred yards to the polling station this election day morning.
Synonyms
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A place where people go to vote in an election
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A place where people go to vote in an election
How Enclosed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a building or place where people go to vote' is directly derivable from combining 'polling' (the act of voting/recording votes) with 'station' (a staffed building/place). This straightforward noun+noun composition follows common English compounding patterns and has clear cross-linguistic parallels, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun polling station comes from polling (counting votes) and station (a fixed place). It was the place where officials counted people's votes, so today it means a building or spot where people go to 'vote'.