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- [pohl]
- /poʊl/
- /pəʊl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pohl]
- /poʊl/
Definitions of poll word
- abbreviation POLL polly. 1
- verb with object poll to take a sampling of the attitudes or opinions of. 1
- verb with object poll to receive at the polls, as votes. 1
- verb with object poll to enroll (someone) in a list or register, as for purposes of taxing or voting. 1
- verb with object poll to take or register the votes of (persons). 1
- verb with object poll to deposit or cast at the polls, as a vote. 1
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Origin of poll
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English polle (hair of the) head < Middle Low German: hair of the head, top of a tree or other plant; akin to Danish puld, Swedish pull crown of the head
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Parts of speech for Poll
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
poll popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
poll usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for poll
verb poll
- ax — An ax is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade that is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
- button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- calender — a machine in which paper or cloth is glazed or smoothed by passing between rollers
- calendering — a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
- catalogued — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
noun poll
- ballot — A ballot is a secret vote in which people select a candidate in an election, or express their opinion about something.
- body count — the number of people killed
- census — A census is an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people's ages and jobs.
- checklist — A checklist is a list of all the things that you need to do, information that you want to find out, or things that you need to take somewhere, which you make in order to ensure that you do not forget anything.
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