poll
poll
poƊl
powl
/pəʊl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "poll"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϜāϰāĻŋāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to ask people specific questions to gather their opinions or preferences on a particular subject
Transitive: to poll a group
to poll definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company conducted a survey to poll employees about their satisfaction with workplace conditions.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāϰāĻŋāĻĒ āϜāϰāĻŋāĻĒ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž

to trim the upper part of a tree or plant, usually to promote new growth
Transitive: to poll a tree or plant
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Farmers often poll their willow trees to harvest the shoots for weaving.
āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāχāϞ⧋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ­ā§‹āϟ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to participate in an election or decision-making process by casting a vote
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Many citizens polled despite the rainy weather on election day.
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āύāĻžāĻ—āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻ­ā§‹āϟ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϞāĻžāĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to receive a specific number of votes in an election or decision-making process
Transitive: to poll a number of votes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was thrilled to learn he had polled the highest number of votes in his district.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻ• āĻ­ā§‹āϟ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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the uppermost part of the human head

poll definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hat rested snugly on the poll.
āϟ⧁āĻĒāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻž-āĻ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϜāϰāĻŋāĻĒ, āϜāύāĻŽāϤ āϏāĻŽā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻž

a process in which random people are asked the same questions to find out what the general public thinks about a given subject
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Politicians often use polls to gauge voter sentiment and shape their campaign strategies accordingly.
āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āϜāϰāĻŋāĻĒ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āĻ­ā§‹āϟāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ­ā§‹āϟāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ, āĻ­ā§‹āϟāϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ

the act of casting or counting votes, or the location where this occurs
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Citizens queued at the polls to vote.
āύāĻžāĻ—āϰāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ­ā§‹āϟ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ­ā§‹āϟāϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇ āϞāĻžāχāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‹āώāĻž āϤ⧋āϤāĻž, āĻ—ā§ƒāĻšāĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āϤ⧋āϤāĻž

a domesticated parrot, often kept as a pet
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The colorful poll perched on its owner's shoulder.
āϰāĻ™āĻŋāύ āϤ⧋āϤāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāρāϧ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϘāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ, āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

(in anatomical contexts) the part of the skull located between the ears
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Pressure applied to the poll can affect balance.
Poll-āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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