poll
♦♦ poll /p'oʊl/ (polls polling polled)
1 [N-COUNT]
A poll is a survey in which people are asked their opinions about something, usually in order to find out how popular something is or what people intend to do in the future.
Polls show that the European treaty has gained support in Denmark...
We are doing a weekly poll on the president, and clearly his popularity has declined...
see also opinion poll, straw poll
2 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed, be V-ed on wh/n, V-ed
If you are polled on something, you are asked what you think about it as part of a survey.
More than 18,000 people were polled...
Audiences were going to be polled on which of three pieces of contemporary music they liked best...
More than 70 per cent of those polled said that they approved of his record as president.
3 [N-PLURAL] the N
The polls means an election for a country's government, or the place where people go to vote in an election.
In 1945, Winston Churchill was defeated at the polls...
Voters are due to go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president...
4 [VERB] V n
If a political party or a candidate polls a particular number or percentage of votes, they get that number or percentage of votes in an election.
It was a disappointing result for the Greens who polled three percent...
5
see also polling, deed polldeed poll
[PHRASE] PHR after v
In Britain, if you change your name by deed poll, you change it officially and legally.opin|ion poll (opinion polls)
[N-COUNT]
An opinion poll involves asking people's opinions on a particular subject, especially one concerning politics.
Nearly three-quarters of people questioned in an opinion poll agreed with the government's decision.
= pollstraw poll (straw polls)
[N-COUNT]
A straw poll is the unofficial questioning of a group of people to find out their opinion about something.
A straw poll conducted at the end of the meeting found most people agreed with Mr Forth...
1 [N-COUNT]
A poll is a survey in which people are asked their opinions about something, usually in order to find out how popular something is or what people intend to do in the future.
Polls show that the European treaty has gained support in Denmark...
We are doing a weekly poll on the president, and clearly his popularity has declined...
see also opinion poll, straw poll
2 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed, be V-ed on wh/n, V-ed
If you are polled on something, you are asked what you think about it as part of a survey.
More than 18,000 people were polled...
Audiences were going to be polled on which of three pieces of contemporary music they liked best...
More than 70 per cent of those polled said that they approved of his record as president.
3 [N-PLURAL] the N
The polls means an election for a country's government, or the place where people go to vote in an election.
In 1945, Winston Churchill was defeated at the polls...
Voters are due to go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president...
4 [VERB] V n
If a political party or a candidate polls a particular number or percentage of votes, they get that number or percentage of votes in an election.
It was a disappointing result for the Greens who polled three percent...
5
see also polling, deed polldeed poll
[PHRASE] PHR after v
In Britain, if you change your name by deed poll, you change it officially and legally.opin|ion poll (opinion polls)
[N-COUNT]
An opinion poll involves asking people's opinions on a particular subject, especially one concerning politics.
Nearly three-quarters of people questioned in an opinion poll agreed with the government's decision.
= pollstraw poll (straw polls)
[N-COUNT]
A straw poll is the unofficial questioning of a group of people to find out their opinion about something.
A straw poll conducted at the end of the meeting found most people agreed with Mr Forth...