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The correct spelling is pow.
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noun
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The correct spelling is pow. 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.”
“Expert skiers love skiing on powder snow.”
Definition
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.
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