name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
polling
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Sound
Pronunciation
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name
Meaning 2
A municipality in Mühldorf district, Bavaria, Germany.
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name
Meaning 3
A municipality in Weilheim-Schongau district, Bavaria.
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noun
Meaning 4
The action of taking a poll.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A technique that continually interrogates a peripheral or service to see if it has data to transfer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
the process of voting in an election.
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Usage: uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of poll
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: äänestäminen — action of taking a poll
- Finnish: kysely — action of taking a poll
- Hindi: मतदान (matdān) — action of taking a poll
- Irish: vótaíocht — action of taking a poll
- Polish: ankietyzacja — action of taking a poll
- Serbo-Croatian: анкетирање — action of taking a poll
- Serbo-Croatian: anketiranje — action of taking a poll
- Finnish: kiertokysely — technique of interrogating a peripheral device
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