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poll
pollthe casting of votes; a survey of opinions; top or back of the head
Not to be confused with:pole – a long cylindrical piece of wood or metal: fishing pole; inside lane of a racetrack: pole positionpoll P0408900 (pōl)n.1. The casting and registering of votes in an election.2. The number of votes cast or recorded.3. pollsa. The places where votes are cast and registered during an election, considered as a group: The polls close in this state at 8:00.b. A place where votes are cast and registered: I went to the polls before work to cast a vote.4. A survey of the public or of a sample of public opinion to acquire information.5. The head, especially the top of the head where hair grows.6. The blunt or broad end of a tool such as a hammer or axe.v. polled, poll·ing, polls v.tr.1. To receive (a given number of votes).2. To receive or record the votes of: polling a jury.3. To cast (a vote or ballot).4. To question in a survey; canvass.5. To cut off or trim (hair, horns, or wool, for example); clip.6. To trim or cut off the hair, wool, branches, or horns of: polled the sheep; polled the trees.v.intr. To vote at the polls in an election.
[Middle English pol, head, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch.]
poll′er n.poll (pəʊl) n1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the casting, recording, or counting of votes in an election; a voting2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the result or quantity of such a voting: a heavy poll. 3. a. a canvassing of a representative sample of a large group of people on some question in order to determine the general opinion of the groupb. the results or record of such a canvassing4. any counting or enumeration: a poll of the number of men with long hair. 5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) short for poll tax6. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a list or enumeration of people, esp for taxation or voting purposes7. (Tools) the striking face of a hammer8. (Anatomy) the occipital or back part of the head of an animalvb (mainly tr) 9. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to receive (a vote or quantity of votes): he polled 10 000 votes. 10. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to receive, take, or record the votes of: he polled the whole town. 11. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to canvass (a person, group, area, etc) as part of a survey of opinion12. chiefly US to take the vote, verdict, opinion, etc, individually of each member (of a jury, conference, etc)13. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (sometimes intr) to cast (a vote) in an election14. (Computer Science) computing (in data transmission when several terminals share communications channels) to check each channel rapidly to establish which are free, or to call for data from each terminal in turn15. to clip or shear16. (Agriculture) to remove or cut short the horns of (cattle)[C13 (in the sense: a human head) and C17 (in the modern sense: a counting of heads, votes): from Middle Low German polle hair of the head, head, top of a tree; compare Swedish pull crown of the head]poll (poʊl)
n. 1. a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from a selected or random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis. 2. the act of voting in an election. 3. the registration of such votes. 4. Usu., polls. the place where votes are cast. 5. the number of votes cast. 6. a list or enumeration of individuals, as for purposes of taxing or voting. 7. the head, esp. the part of it on which the hair grows. 8. the back of the head. 9. the rear portion of the head of a horse; the nape. 10. the part of the head between the ears of certain animals, as the horse and cow. 11. the broad end or face of a hammer. v.t. 12. to take a sampling of the attitudes or opinions of. 13. to receive at the polls, as votes. 14. to enroll (someone) in a list or register, as for purposes of taxing or voting. 15. to take or register the votes of (persons). 16. to deposit or cast at the polls, as a vote. 17. to bring to the polls, as voters. 18. to cut short or cut off the hair, wool, etc., of (an animal) or the horns of (cattle). 19. to cut short or cut off (hair, wool, etc.). 20. to cut off the top of (a tree); pollard. v.i. 21. to vote at the polls; cast one's vote. [1250–1300; Middle English polle (hair of the) head < Middle Low German: hair of the head, top of a tree or other plant; akin to Swedish pull crown of the head] poll′er, n. poll
Past participle: polled
Gerund: polling
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pollThe casting of a vote, the number of votes cast, or a place where voting takes place.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | poll - an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of peopleopinion poll, public opinion poll, canvassinquiry, research, enquiry - a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"exit poll - a poll of voters as they leave the voting place; usually taken by news media in order to predict the outcome of an electionstraw poll, straw vote - an unofficial vote taken to determine opinion on some issue | | 2. | poll - the top of the headpate, crownhuman head - the head of a human beingtonsure - the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's headtop side, upper side, upside, top - the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted" | | 3. | poll - the part of the head between the earsEquus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric timescow, moo-cow - female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"top side, upper side, upside, top - the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted" | | 4. | poll - a tame parrotpoll parrotparrot - usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds | | 5. | poll - the counting of votes (as in an election)election - a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"counting, enumeration, numeration, count, reckoning, tally - the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours" | | Verb | 1. | poll - get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questionscanvass, canvassurvey - make a survey of; for statistical purposescircularise, circularize - canvass by distributing letters | | 2. | poll - vote in an election at a polling stationvote - express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote; "He voted for the motion"; "None of the Democrats voted last night" | | 3. | poll - get the votes ofacquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" | | 4. | poll - convert into a pollard; "pollard trees"pollardprune, snip, lop, cut back, clip, crop, trim, dress - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" |
pollnoun1. survey, figures, count, sampling, returns, ballot, tally, census, canvass, Gallup Poll, (public) opinion poll Polls show that the party is losing support.2. election, vote, voting, referendum, ballot, plebiscite In 1945, Churchill was defeated at the polls.verb1. question, interview, survey, sample, ballot, canvass More than 18,000 people were polled.2. gain, return, record, register, tally He had polled enough votes to force a second ballot.pollnounThe uppermost part of the body:head, noddle, pate.Slang: bean, block, conk, dome, noggin, noodle, nut.Translationspoll (pəul) noun1. an election. They organized a poll to elect a president. 投票選舉 投票选举2. the number of votes. There has been a heavy poll (= a large number of votes). 投票數 投票数3. (also opinion poll) a test of public opinion by asking people questions. 民意測驗 民意测验 verb to receive a number of votes. He polled fifty per cent of the votes. 得到(若干票數) 得到（若干票数） ˈpolling-booth noun a small place or stall where one can mark one's voting-paper. 投票站 投票站ˈpolling-station noun a place where one goes to vote. 投票所 投票所go to the polls to have an election. 去投票處投票 去投票处投票
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straw pollAn unofficial vote, poll, or survey to gauge the voting public's opinion of an issue or a political candidate. The latest straw poll puts the incumbent president well ahead of his opponent, but it's eight weeks to the election, and a lot can happen in that time.See also: poll, strawtake a straw pollTo conduct an unofficial vote, poll, or survey to gauge the voting public's opinion of an issue or a political candidate. After taking the latest straw poll, the incumbent president is placed well ahead of his opponent. However, it's eight weeks until the election, and a lot can happen in that time.See also: poll, straw, takestraw voteAn unofficial vote, poll, or survey to gauge the voting public's opinion of an issue or a candidate. The latest straw vote puts the candidate well ahead of his opponent, but it's eight weeks to the election and a lot can happen in that time.See also: straw, votego to the pollsTo cast one's vote in an election. Analysts have predicted a landslide victory for her, but we won't know for sure until the country goes to the polls.See also: go, pollgo to the pollsto go to a place to vote; to vote. What day do we go to the polls? Our community goes to the polls in November.See also: go, pollstraw voteAlso, straw poll. An unofficial vote or poll indicating how people feel about a candidate or issue. For example, Let's take a straw poll on the bill and see how it fares. This idiom alludes to a straw used to show in what direction the wind blows, in this case the wind of public opinion. O. Henry joked about it in A Ruler of Men (1907): "A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows." [c. 1885] See also: straw, votepoll
poll, technique for ascertaining the attitudes or opinions of the total, or some segment of the total, population on given questions, usually on political, economic, and social conditions. Evolution The history of polling in the United States goes back to 1824, when two newspapers, the Harrisburg Pennsylvanian and the Raleigh Star, organized "show votes" to determine the political preferences of voters prior to the presidential election of that year. In 1883 the Boston Globe attempted to speed up its reporting of election returns by sending reporters to poll various precincts. By the turn of the century many newspapers were conducting polls to determine political preferences. Later polls were conducted by magazines; the first among them were the Farm Journal (1912) and the Literary Digest (1916). Those early polls were generally local or regional rather than national and were confined to obtaining election preferences rather than opinions on political issues. During World War I, however, a poll as to whether or not the United States should enter the war was conducted. The methods used in the early polls made no claim to being scientific; polling was usually done by canvassers hired to go out and question people or by "straw ballots" in the newspapers, which readers were asked to fill out and mail in. A more scientific method of polling called sampling was developed in the mid-1930s. This method enables the polltaker to question a small percentage of the group whose opinions he wishes to ascertain and to analyze from their responses the opinions of the whole group. The superiority of this method over the old straw-ballot system was demonstrated in the 1936 presidential election when the Literary Digest poll, which based its predictions on the older technique, produced a staggeringly inaccurate forecast, while the poll of a newer group organized by George GallupGallup, George Horace,
1901–84, American public opinion statistician, originator of the Gallup poll, b. Jefferson, Iowa. After teaching journalism at Drake Univ. (1929–31) and at Northwestern Univ.
..... Click the link for more information. predicted the result of the election correctly. By the 1940s the polls were concerned with social and economic questions as well as with political issues. An unusual failure of polling took place in 1948 when the polling organizations predicted the defeat of Harry S. Truman, who won. Modern Methods and Trends Sampling techniques have become increasingly sophisticated and include various types, which may be random, stratified, or purposive, or a combination of any of these. The information may be elicited by personal interview, telephone interview, or mail questionnaire, and the polling is completed only after the data have been tabulated and evaluated. Polling has been much used by politicians to determine the opinions of voters on significant issues. It has also been used to forecast patterns of voting. The 2012 elections in the United States saw so-called poll aggregators gain prominence. Using an collection of national and state polls, which were statistically aggregated, weighted, and indexed using formulas that accounted for economic data, past historical trends, and the like, these aggregators produced some of the more accurate and consistent predictions concerning the outcome of the presidential election, which in many cases were strongly counter to electoral assessments made by political analysts and pundits. Such aggregation is designed to utilize the general statistical accuracy of polls as a group while compensating for possible flaws or anomalies in an individual poll. Besides playing an increasingly important role in national and local political campaigns, the technique of modern polling has developed into one of the more important tools in the methodology of contemporary social science, particularly in sociology. Commercial polltakers claim that they not only provide valuable information in such fields as market research and advertising but that they also aid the process of democratic government by making known the views of the people. Critics of polling question the validity of the claim that it provides a true picture of public opinion, and it has been suggested that the polls themselves may influence public opinion by creating a "bandwagon effect." Some of the pioneer commercial polling organizations were the Fortune survey (1936) conducted by Elmo Roper; the Crossley Poll (1936); and the Gallup Poll (1935). The Harris Polls, begun in 1956, together with Gallup, are the best-known polling organizations. Nonprofit national polling organizations include the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, the National Opinion Research Center, the National Council on Public Polls, and the Pew Research Center, and there are notable regional nonprofit organizations as well. Many other countries have polling organizations, and a number of international societies (e.g., The European Society for Opinion and Market Research and the World Association for Public Opinion Research) facilitate exchanges of information. Bibliography See G. H. Gallup and S. F. Rae, The Pulse of Democracy (1940, repr. 1968); L. Bogart, Silent Politics (1972); C. W. Roll, Jr., and A. H. Cantril, Polls (1972); I. Crespi, Public Opinion Poll and Democracy (1989). pollThe broad end or striking face of a hammer.poll1. the casting, recording, or counting of votes in an election; a voting 2. the result or quantity of such a voting 3. short for poll tax4. a list or enumeration of people, esp for taxation or voting purposes 5. the striking face of a hammer 6. the occipital or back part of the head of an animal pollTo check the status of an input line, sensor, or memorylocation to see if a particular external event has beenregistered.
Contrast interrupt.poll
poll (pōl), The anatomic landmark in equids at junction between head and neck on dorsal top line between the ears. Area is subject to trauma. Historically, condition called p. evil was prevalent, a disorder arising from Brucella sp. infection of supraatlantal bursa; now rarely seen. [M.E., fr. D. pol, head] poll (pōl)n. The head, especially the top of the head where hair grows.v. polled, polling, polls v.tr.1. To cut off or trim (hair, horns, or wool, for example); clip.2. To trim or cut off the hair, wool, branches, or horns of: polled the sheep; polled the trees.
poll′er n.POLL Physician Office-to-lab link Lab medicine A system consisting of soft and hardware that links a physician's office computer to a diagnostic lab, so the results are transferred to the office when available in the labPoll
POLL. A head. Hence poll tax is the name of a tax imposed upon the people at so much a head. 2. To poll a jury is to require that each juror shall himself declare what is his verdict. This may be done at the instance of either party, at any time before the verdict is recorded. 3 Cowen, R. 23. See 18 John. R. 188. See Deed Poll. POLL
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Synonyms for pollnoun surveySynonyms- survey
- figures
- count
- sampling
- returns
- ballot
- tally
- census
- canvass
- Gallup Poll
- (public) opinion poll
noun electionSynonyms- election
- vote
- voting
- referendum
- ballot
- plebiscite
verb questionSynonyms- question
- interview
- survey
- sample
- ballot
- canvass
verb gainSynonyms- gain
- return
- record
- register
- tally
Synonyms for pollnoun the uppermost part of the bodySynonyms- head
- noddle
- pate
- bean
- block
- conk
- dome
- noggin
- noodle
- nut
Synonyms for pollnoun an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of peopleSynonyms- opinion poll
- public opinion poll
- canvass
Related Words- inquiry
- research
- enquiry
- exit poll
- straw poll
- straw vote
noun the top of the headSynonymsRelated Words- human head
- tonsure
- top side
- upper side
- upside
- top
noun the part of the head between the earsRelated Words- Equus caballus
- horse
- cow
- moo-cow
- top side
- upper side
- upside
- top
noun a tame parrotSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the counting of votes (as in an election)Related Words- election
- counting
- enumeration
- numeration
- count
- reckoning
- tally
verb get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questionsSynonymsRelated Words- survey
- circularise
- circularize
verb vote in an election at a polling stationRelated Wordsverb get the votes ofRelated Wordsverb convert into a pollardSynonymsRelated Words- prune
- snip
- lop
- cut back
- clip
- crop
- trim
- dress
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