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/pɔl/ · noun
A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion..
The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria.
All soldiers quartered in place are to remove […] and not to return till one day after the poll is ended.
The other returns having come in, the result of the poll, that Sir James Graham had been superseded by Major Aglionby, was declared at Carlisle soon after 11 a.m.
The polls close at 8 p.m.
[…]the doctor, as if to hear better, had taken off his powdered wig, and sat there, looking very strange indeed with his own close-cropped black poll.
And you might perceive the president and general manager, Mr. R. G. Atterbury, with his priceless polished poll, busy in the main office room dictating letters..
The main plate is formed in two halves, the upper plate having small sideplates, ear guards, an escutcheon plate (blank), and a brass plume-holder, as well as a hinged poll plate.
We are the greater poll, and in true fear They gave us our demands.
Use poll when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Poll means A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion..
Common synonyms include survey, vote, election, scalp.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria.
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