"polling" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pollings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} polling (countable and uncountable, plural pollings)
  1. The action of taking a poll. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (action of taking a poll): äänestäminen (english: voting) (Finnish), kysely (english: opinion survey) (Finnish), vótaíocht [feminine] (Irish), ankietyzacja [feminine] (Polish), анкетирање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), anketiranje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-polling-en-noun-FlvvZW6G Disambiguation of 'action of taking a poll': 90 5 5
  2. (computing) A technique that continually interrogates a peripheral or service to see if it has data to transfer. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (technique of interrogating a peripheral device): kiertokysely (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-polling-en-noun-De~ZfKRQ Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'technique of interrogating a peripheral device': 8 88 5
  3. (politics, uncountable) the process of voting in an election. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-polling-en-noun-xe-LJc1~ Categories (other): Politics, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Democracy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 29 49 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 21 54 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 22 67 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 23 66 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 20 51 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 21 18 47 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 19 49 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 17 18 48 17 Disambiguation of Democracy: 12 20 47 20 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: long polling, polling booth, polling day, polling place, polling station, push polling

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} polling
  1. present participle and gerund of poll Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: poll
    Sense id: en-polling-en-verb-zMn0Rgjd

Inflected forms

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