poll

[poʊl]

Definition:
1. An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people.
2. The top of the head.
3. The part of the head between the ears.
4. Vote in an election at a polling station.

Use 'poll' in a sentence:

1. The poll was widely discredited after allegations of ballot rigging.
2. Polls close at 9 p.m.
3. The poll gave a popular approval rating of 39% for the President.
4. A national poll shows the presidential race in a dead heat.
5. A recent Gallup poll suggests that no political group is likely to win an outright majority in the next Salvadoran parliament.
6. They gained 20% of the poll.
7. Congress as an institution scores low in public opinion polls.
8. He has risen to second place in the opinion polls.
9. Smith changed his name by deed poll to Jervis-Smith.
10. They polled 39% of the vote in the last election.
11. A poll this week showed that more than half of Russians do not support these reduction plans.
12. The results of the poll dealt a humiliating rebuff to Mr. Jones.
13. They are waiting for the results of the opinion polls before deciding their next move.
14. In a 1996 poll of Americans, loss of morality topped the list of the biggest problems facing the U.S.
15. The results of a Harris Poll showed that reading was the most popular spare time activity in the US.
16. The Conservatives are trailing Labour in the opinion polls.
17. On the eve of the poll, campaigning was bitter.
18. The Republicans have polled well in recent elections.
19. They are comfortably ahead in the opinion polls.
20. Opinion polls indicated a feeling among the public that it was time for a change.
21. They suffered a defeat at the polls.
22. The government will take comfort from the latest opinion poll.
23. The opinion poll suggests a clean sweep for the Democrats.
24. A poll showed that half of medical technicians had admitted texting during a procedure.
25. A MORI poll showed that 68% of people opposed the ban.
26. We are doing a weekly poll on the president, and clearly his popularity has declined.
27. He dismissed the opinion polls as worthless.
28. Over 50% of those polled were against the proposed military action.
29. A recent poll gave Campbell a 68 percent support rating.
30. The government can take heart from the latest opinion polls.
31. But, as the opinion poll shows, the party's standing with the people at large has never been so low.
32. A recent poll suggests some surprising changes in public opinion.
33. The latest polls indicate that the two main parties are neck and neck.
34. The two candidates are in a dead heat in the polls.
35. The final result of the poll will be known tomorrow.
36. Nearly three-quarters of people questioned in an opinion poll agreed with the government's decision.
37. The two polls produced strikingly different results.
38. Labour are still in the lead in the opinion polls.
39. Recent opinion polls show that 60 percent favor abortion under certain circumstances.
40. I took a quick straw poll among my colleagues to see how many agreed.
41. Polling has been heavy since 8 a.m.