Betydning af poll på engelsk

poll

noun

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/poʊl/

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[ C ]

a study in which people are asked for their opinions about a subject or person:

carry out/conduct a poll We're carrying out/conducting a poll to find out what people think about abortion.

opinion poll The latest opinion poll puts the Democrats in the lead.

the polls [ plural ]

the places where people vote in a political election:

The TV stations agreed not to announce the projected winner until after the polls closed.

Thousands of people made their way to the polls to register their vote.

These are just some of the issues that drive people to the polls.

There isn't much overlap between the reason people go to the movies and the reason they go to the polls.

Record numbers of young voters turned up at the polls this year.

go to the polls

to vote:

The country will go to the polls on 13 September.

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A poll was conducted to gauge consumers' attitudes.
68% of those questioned in the poll thought noise levels had increased.
The poll showed that over 40% of Americans worship on a weekly basis.
In a recent opinion poll, a majority of respondents were against nuclear weapons.
A straw poll of local inhabitants concluded that British tourists were the worst dressed and Italians the most stylish.

SMART Vocabulary: relaterede ord og vendinger

Questioning people & asking questions in general

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Elections

poll

verb [ T ]

/pəʊl/ us

/poʊl/

poll verb [T] (ELECTION)

When a person or a political party polls a particular number of votes in an election, they receive that number:

With nearly all the votes counted, Mr Soto had polled 67 percent of the vote.

SMART Vocabulary: relaterede ord og vendinger

Elections

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poll verb [T] (OPINION)

to ask a person for their opinion as part of a general study of what people think about a subject:

Half the people polled said they would pay more for environmentally friendly food.

SMART Vocabulary: relaterede ord og vendinger

Questioning people & asking questions in general

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(Definition af poll fra Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

poll | Amerikansk ordbog

poll

noun [ C ]

/poʊl/

poll noun [C] (OPINION)

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a study of a group’s opinion on a subject, in which people are questioned and their answers examined:

an opinion poll

We took a poll this week.

poll

verb [ T ]

/poʊl/

poll verb [T] (RECEIVE VOTES)

to receive a particular number of votes in an election:

Bob Friedman polled 67% of the vote.

poll verb [T] (OPINION)

to answer questions as part of a study of a group’s opinion on a subject:

Almost 86% of the parents polled said yes, and only 7% said no.

(Definition af poll fra Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

poll | Erhvervsengelsk

poll

noun

/pəʊl/ us

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[ C ]

a process in which a large number of people are asked for their opinions about a subject or person:

The poll surveyed 1,282 adults nationwide.

carry out/conduct a poll The magazine conducted a poll of 2,000 readers.

In a poll recently, 8 out of 10 people stated that they were worried about debt.

A recent opinion poll revealed that just one in four voters wants to see the party in power.

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survey noun

POLITICS

(also the polls [ plural ])

the fact of voting in a political election, or the places where people vote:

Voters' opinions will become clear at the polls.

Next month the country will go to the polls in both presidential and parliamentary elections.

the poll

POLITICS

the number of votes in an election:

She was elected decisively, with over 70% of the poll.

[ C ]

an occasion when people in a group, company, etc. vote for or against something at a meeting:

Each ordinary share carries one vote in the event of a poll of shareholders.

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exit poll
Gallup poll
straw poll

poll

verb [ T ]

/pəʊl/ us

to ask a large number of people for their opinions about a particular subject:

poll sb on sth We poll employees on their views on particular aspects of company policy.

Only one in five of those polled were in favour of the government's proposals.

POLITICS

to receive a number of votes in an election:

To win a seat, a candidate had to poll 50% plus one vote.

(Definition af poll fra Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Eksempler på poll

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A voter confronted with multiple polls that differ ought to consider a mixture of outcome distributions, making the problem more complicated still.

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Opinion polls generally gather information, albeit limited, about the socioeconomic background of respondents, including such items as age, gender, occupation, education, income, and family.

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The study that follows also examines the operation of the electoral system and the characteristics of the priests who emerged victorious from the polls.

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Finally, the participants are polled again to see how their opinions have changed.

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The study ranges citizens' juries at the top, followed in descending order by deliberative polls, citizens' panels, public meetings, focus groups, and opinion polls.

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The problem is that there are no minute-by-minute polls to show how other voters are updating.

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In 1922 labour polled 55.7 per cent at the general election but only 48.8 per cent at the municipal contest.

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Indeed, opinion polls in 1970 reported that 80 per cent of female respondents agreed that women with young children should not go out to work.

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Without polls, how could voters know which parties were likely to win, and hence how to vote strategically?

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The result is effectively polling the appropriate sensors once every second: loop_until_succeed :repeat, sleep(1), % delay 1 second display_drink_ad, !.

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Index rules appear regularly when optimizing polling systems.

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Control of polling in presence of vacations in heavy traffic with applications to satellite and mobile radio systems.

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Because their experiments or polls show that people, when faced with certain kinds of decisions, do not make the rational decision.

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In addition, the polls may not be updated to reflect how other strategic voters will act.

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On the other hand, it would be a mistake to conclude that these polls do not convey real information.

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