verb Download 🔗Share To take, record the votes of (an electorate). Examples : "The school is polling the students to decide on the theme for the next school dance. " politics government Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To solicit mock votes from (a person or group). Examples : "Before the class election, the teacher was polling the students to see who they might vote for. " politics government communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To vote at an election. Examples : "Citizens are polling today to elect their new mayor. " politics government Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters. Examples : "He polled a hundred votes more than his opponent." politics government Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop. Examples : "to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass" agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cut the hair of (a creature). Examples : "The groomer is polling the dog's fur before the show. " animal appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To remove the horns of (an animal). Examples : "The farmer is polling the young calves to prevent them from injuring each other later. " animal agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share (communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network). Examples : "The computer is polling the printer every few seconds to check if it's ready to print. " communication computing technology internet signal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (with adverb) To be judged in a poll. Examples : "She is polling well in the student council election. " politics government media communication statistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To pay as one's personal tax. Examples : "Because he was traveling abroad during the tax season, John arranged to poll his taxes early to avoid any late fees. " government politics economy finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one. Examples : "The census worker is polling each household in the neighborhood to count all the residents. " politics government statistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share The action of taking a poll. Examples : "The polling for student council president is happening next week. " politics government statistics communication media Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A technique that continually interrogates a peripheral or service to see if it has data to transfer. Examples : "The printer uses polling to regularly check if a computer has a document ready to be printed. " technology computing electronics signal communication machine internet device system service Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The process of voting in an election. Examples : "Sentence: "The school announced the start of polling for the student council elections." " politics government Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading