"poll" meaning in All languages combined

See poll on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /paɔl/ [Australia], /pəʊl/ [UK], /poʊl/ [US] Audio: en-us-pole.ogg [US] Forms: poll [singular], polls [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A poll is a process of asking people for their opinions about something and counting the results.
    Sense id: simple-poll-en-noun-2Y1NZNwT
  2. If people go to the polls, they vote in an election.
    Sense id: simple-poll-en-noun-s7gnIT91

Verb [English]

IPA: /paɔl/ [Australia], /pəʊl/ [UK], /poʊl/ [US] Audio: en-us-pole.ogg [US] Forms: poll [canonical], polls [third-person, singular], polled [past], polled [past, participle], polling [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you poll people, you ask them for their opinion about something and you count the results.
    Sense id: simple-poll-en-verb-YkAFnUZB
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The latest Newsweek poll suggests 65% of the public is dissatisfied with the president."
        },
        {
          "text": "She was extremely concerned about recent opinion polls showing a decline in her popularity."
        },
        {
          "text": "Senator McCain continues to hold a two-point lead in the daily tracking poll."
        },
        {
          "text": "We conducted our own poll of smokers under 18 and we found roughly the same numbers."
        },
        {
          "text": "The latest poll indicates that her lead is down to 6 points."
        },
        {
          "text": "According to one poll, almost two-thirds of New York City voters opposed the plan."
        },
        {
          "text": "An Ohio poll released in February 2008 showed the economy as the most important issue."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A poll is a process of asking people for their opinions about something and counting the results."
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Voters go to the polls eight days from now."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If people go to the polls, they vote in an election."
      ],
      "id": "simple-poll-en-noun-s7gnIT91",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/paɔl/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/paOl/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/p@Ul/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/poʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/poUl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-pole.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "pole",
        "Pole"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "poll"
}

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    {
      "form": "polled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "polled",
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        "past",
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        {
          "text": "Seventy percent of those polled said that the U.S. military was making the security situation worse in Iraq."
        }
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        "If you poll people, you ask them for their opinion about something and you count the results."
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      "ipa": "/paɔl/",
      "tags": [
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      "sampa": "/paOl/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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      "ipa": "/pəʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "sampa": "/p@Ul/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/poʊl/",
      "tags": [
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      "sampa": "/poUl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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        "US"
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        {
          "text": "The latest Newsweek poll suggests 65% of the public is dissatisfied with the president."
        },
        {
          "text": "She was extremely concerned about recent opinion polls showing a decline in her popularity."
        },
        {
          "text": "Senator McCain continues to hold a two-point lead in the daily tracking poll."
        },
        {
          "text": "We conducted our own poll of smokers under 18 and we found roughly the same numbers."
        },
        {
          "text": "The latest poll indicates that her lead is down to 6 points."
        },
        {
          "text": "According to one poll, almost two-thirds of New York City voters opposed the plan."
        },
        {
          "text": "An Ohio poll released in February 2008 showed the economy as the most important issue."
        }
      ],
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        "A poll is a process of asking people for their opinions about something and counting the results."
      ],
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      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Voters go to the polls eight days from now."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If people go to the polls, they vote in an election."
      ],
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        "countable"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/paɔl/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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    {
      "sampa": "/paOl/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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    {
      "ipa": "/pəʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    {
      "sampa": "/p@Ul/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/poʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    },
    {
      "sampa": "/poUl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-pole.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "pole",
        "Pole"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "poll"
}

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    },
    {
      "form": "polled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "polled",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
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    },
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      "form": "polling",
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        {
          "text": "Seventy percent of those polled said that the U.S. military was making the security situation worse in Iraq."
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/paɔl/",
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəʊl/",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "sampa": "/p@Ul/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/poʊl/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "sampa": "/poUl/",
      "tags": [
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      "audio": "en-us-pole.ogg",
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        "US"
      ]
    },
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        "pole",
        "Pole"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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