How do you use the word "poll" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "poll" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "poll": The opinion poll was based on a random sample of adults. A poll shows that an overwhelming majority is in favor of the legislation.

Poll Meaning

/pɔl/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.

nounA formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice.

Sentence Examples

The opinion poll was based on a random sample of adults.

A poll shows that an overwhelming majority is in favor of the legislation.

The poll gave an approval rating of 39 per cent for the president.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

crown pate canvas

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

During the national election on Tuesday, citizens will ____ for their preferred candidate.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The latest opinion ____ showed the incumbent leading by a narrow margin ahead of the election.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English pol, polle ("scalp, pate"), from or cognate with Middle Dutch pol, pōle, polle (“top, summit; head”), from Proto-West Germanic *poll, from Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“round object, head, top”), from Proto-Indo-European *bolno-, *bōwl- (“orb, round object, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Akin to Scots pow (“head, crown, scalp, skull”), Saterland Frisian pol (“round, full, brimming”, adjective), German Low German Polle, Poll (“round object, ball”), German Low German Poller (“head, tree-top, bulb”), Danish puld (“crown of a hat”), Swedish dialectal pull (“head”). Meaning "collection of votes" is first recorded 1625, from the notion of "counting heads".

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"All soldiers quartered in place are to remove […] and not to return till one day after the poll is ended." — 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

"The other returns having come in, the result of the poll, that Sir James Graham had been superseded by Major Aglionby, was declared at Carlisle soon after 11 a.m." — 1942 May-June, Charles E. Lee, “The Brampton Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 140, relating to an election in 1837:

"[…]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." — 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

"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.." — 1908, O. Henry, A Tempered Wind:

"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." — 2005, Stuart W. Pyhrr; Donald J. LaRocca; Dirk H. Breiding; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), The Armored Horse in Europe, 1480-1620, Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 53:

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