poll
To take, record the votes ofTo take, record the votes of (an electorate).
» Don't believe the polls.
Glaub nicht, was die Umfragen sagen.
Не треба вірити опитуванням.
Meaning
15 senses(transitive)To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
get the votes of
(transitive)To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
(intransitive)To vote at an election.
vote in an election at a polling station
To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
He polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.
To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass
(transitive)To cut the hair of (a creature).
1579-1603, Thomas North, Plutarch's Lives His death did so grieve them that they polled themselves; they clipped off their horse and mule's hairs.
(transitive)To remove the horns of (an animal).
To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.
to poll a tree
(transitive)To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).
The network hub polled the department’s computers to determine which ones could still respond.
(intransitive)To be judged in a poll.
To impose a tax upon.
To pay as one's personal tax.
Examples
75 sentencesDon't believe the polls.
Не треба вірити опитуванням.
deGlaub nicht, was die Umfragen sagen.
Let's take a quick poll.
In the polls, both parties are on par.
The dark horse candidate was losing in the polls before the primary.
I don't trust polls.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English pol, polle ("scalp, pate"), from or cognate with Middle Dutch pol, pōlFrom Middle English pol, polle ("scalp, pate"), from or cognate with Middle Dutch pol, pōle, polle (“top, summit; head”), from Proto-West Germanic *poll, from Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“round object, head, top”), from Proto-Indo-European *bolno-, *bōwl- (“orb, round object, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”).
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Forms
polls, polling, polled, polledSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle