Poll
Poll verb - To go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information.
Usage example: assigned to poll residents on their views about a program for recycling
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Synonyms for Poll
Question is a synonym for poll in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Question" instead the word "Poll" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like canvass.
Question
Question noun - An act or instance of asking for information.
Usage example: the dozens of questions researched by the reference librarians
Poll is a synonym for question in activity topic. You can use "Poll" instead the word "Question" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as asking for answer.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old poll | old question |
| particular | particular poll | particular question |
| similar | similar poll | similar question |
| following | following poll | following question |
| Other adjectives: current, actual, little, infamous, quick, new, silly, later, next, last, multiple, previous. | ||
Common collocations
| people | poll people | question people |
Both words in one sentence
- This then begs the question of why Azrael and the Crusader didn't just take a poll of the local Christian churches.
Source: Artistic License Religion -
Number two, you can poll our audience, but they're really only good if it's a drug question.
Source: Series / Win Ben Stein's Money - When Garry Trudeau put the question of which university Alex Doonesbury would attend to an online poll, MIT won hands down, as their students were very good at circumventing the blocks put up by Doonesbury Town Hall to flood the poll with their votes.
Source: Vote Early, Vote Often
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