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The correct spelling is polls.
How to pronounce polls
noun
Say it like: Pol-ls
The correct spelling is polls. A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. For example: "The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria."
Usage Examples
“The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria.”
“The polls close at 8 p.m.”
“He polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
- 2.A formal election.
- 3.A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
- 4.(now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
- 5.(in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
verb
- 1.To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
- 2.To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
- 3.To vote at an election.
- 4.To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
- 5.To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
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