poll

poll
1 noun
1 (C)
a) an attempt to find out what the public think about something, especially about a political subject, done by questioning a large number of people; opinion poll: Another poll asked respondents if they favoured nuclear power. | carry out/conduct a poll: MORI carried out a poll among senior managers to get their views on taxation.
b) a record of the result of this; opinion poll: Recent polls show Labour well in the lead.
—see also: deed poll, exit poll, straw poll
2 the poll also the polls an election to choose a government or political representative: a fourth successive defeat at the polls | The result of the poll won't be known until around midnight. | go to the polls (=vote in an election): It's only one more week until the country goes to the polls.
3 (singular) the number of votes recorded at an election: In most constituencies the largest party can pull 40% of the poll.
4 the polls especially AmE the place where you can go to vote in an election: The polls won't close for another hour.
2 verb (T) to try to find out what the public thinks about a subject by questioning a large number of people: 18% of the women we polled said their husbands had a drinking problem.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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