opinion poll noun

A test made of public opinion by questioning a representative sample of the population

a matter of opinion

A matter about which opinions differ

be of the opinion that

To think or believe that

poll¹ /pōl/

1. A register, esp of voters
2. (often pl) a voting
3. An aggregate of votes
4. The taking of a vote
5. A taking of public opinion by means of questioning (also opinion poll)
6. The head
7. The hair of the head
8. The head and shoulders of a ling, a type of cod (obsolete)
9. The blunt end of the head of a hammer, miner's pick, etc
10. A head as a unit in numbering, an individual
11. A number of individuals (Shakespeare)
12. A polled animal

1. Polled
2. Cut evenly (see also deed poll under deed¹)

1. To receive or take the votes of
2. To receive, take, or cast (a vote)
3. To receive (a stated number of votes)
4. To question (someone) in a poll
5. To subject to polling (computing)
6. To cut the hair, horns, top (of a tree), or edge (of a deed) from
7. To tax excessively, practise extortion upon (archaic)

1. To vote
2. To practise extortion (archaic)

polled adjective

1. Shorn
2. Pollarded
3. Deprived of horns
4. Hornless

pollˈer noun

pollˈing noun

1. The action of the verb
2. A technique by which each of several terminals connected to the same central computer is periodically interrogated in turn by the computer to determine whether it has a message to transmit (computing)

pollˈster noun

Someone who carries out, or who puts his or her faith in, a public opinion poll

pollˈ-axe noun

A poleaxe

polling booth noun

The place, esp the partially enclosed cubicle, where a voter records his or her vote

polling station noun

The building where voters go to vote

pollˈ-money or pollˈ-tax noun

A tax of so much a head, ie on each person alike

poll tax noun

1. A tax levied equally on all adult members of a society, regardless of income
2. The community charge (informal)

at the head of the poll

Having the greatest number of votes at an election