poll
A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
Noun 4 meanings
A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
A formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice.
“The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria.”
A polling place (usually as plural, polling places).
“The polls close at 8 p.m.”
The result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded.
Verb 4 meanings
To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
To vote at an election.
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.”
Adjective 1 meaning
Bred without horns, and thus hornless.
“Poll Hereford”
Etymology
From 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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POLL at a glance
POLL has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (P 3 + O 1 + L 1 + L 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,892 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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