"polling" meaning in English

See polling in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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': 96 1 3
  2. (computing) A technique that continually interrogates a peripheral or service to see if it has data to transfer. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (technique of interrogating a peripheral device): kiertokysely (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-polling-en-noun-De~ZfKRQ Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'technique of interrogating a peripheral device': 2 92 5
  3. (politics, uncountable) the process of voting in an election. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Politics, Democracy
    Sense id: en-polling-en-noun-xe-LJc1~ Disambiguation of Democracy: 3 14 81 2 Categories (other): 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 31 63 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 23 63 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 27 65 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 23 70 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 22 61 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 17 20 57 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 21 59 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 12 22 61 5 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

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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