Phrase guide

exit poll

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station, used to predict the outcome of an election.

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noun

Meaning 2

a poll of voters as they leave the voting place; usually taken by news media in order to predict the outcome of an election

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: poll, opinion poll, public opinion poll, canvass

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: е́кзит пол (ékzit pol) — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出口民調 /出口民调 (chūkǒu míndiào) — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出口調查 /出口调查 (chūkǒu diàochá) — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Chinese Mandarin: 票站調查 /票站调查 (piàozhàn diàochá) — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Czech: průzkum u východů z volebních místností — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Danish: exit poll — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Danish: meningsmåling (På valgdagen) — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Estonian: lävepakuküsitlus — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Finnish: ovensuukysely — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • French: sondage sortie des urnes — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Georgian: ეგზიტპოლი (egziṭṗoli) — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Georgian: საარჩევნო დღის გამოკითხვა (saarčevno dɣis gamoḳitxva) — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Georgian: ხმის მიცემის შემდგომი გამოკითხვა (xmis micemis šemdgomi gamoḳitxva) — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • German: Wahltagsbefragung — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Icelandic: útgönguspá — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Japanese: 出口調査 (deguchi chōsa) — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Korean: 출구조사 (chulgujosa) — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Norwegian Bokmål: valgdagsmåling — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: valdagsmåling — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Polish: exit poll — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Portuguese: pesquisa de boca de urna — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Russian: экзитпо́л (ekzitpól) — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Slovene: vzporedne volitve — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Spanish: sondeo a boca de urna — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Spanish: encuesta a pie de urna — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Swedish: vallokalsundersökning — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station
  • Ukrainian: екзитпу́л (ekzytpúl) — poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station