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" In fact - statistically, as you know - people have done polls, research, and at least 80 percent or more or working media are liberal Democrats if they are involved with any party and certainly liberal in their philosophy."
Pat Boone

Meaning of "polls" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF POLLS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLLS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Polls is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POLLS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of polls in the English dictionary

The definition of polls in the dictionary is the polls the place where people vote during an election.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLLS

bools · Bowles · bowls · controls · Fowles · nineholes · Rolls · Sholes

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLLS

polling station · pollinia · pollinic · polliniferous · polliniser · pollinium · pollinizer · pollinosis · polliwog · Pollock · pollster · pollucite · pollusion · pollutant · pollute · polluted · pollutedly · pollutedness · polluter · pollution

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLLS

balls · bells · Beverly Hills · by the balls · challenge to the polls · communication skills · Dead Sea Scrolls · falls · hills · Master of the Rolls · Mills · overalls · Patent Rolls · pills · Ragman rolls · stalls · the hills · walls · Wells · Wills

Synonyms and antonyms of polls in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «POLLS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «polls» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «polls» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF POLLS

Find out the translation of polls to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of polls from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «polls» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

调查
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

encuestas
570 millions of speakers
en

English

polls
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

पोल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

استطلاعات الرأي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

опросы
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

pesquisas
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

নির্বাচনে
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

sondages
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pemilihan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Umfragen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ポーリングし
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

설문 조사
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Jajak pendapat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

các cuộc thăm dò
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தேர்தலில்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मतदान
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

anketler
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

sondaggi
65 millions of speakers
pl

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ankiety
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

опитування
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

sondaje
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δημοσκοπήσεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stembusse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

polls
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avstemninger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of polls

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLLS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of polls
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about polls

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10 QUOTES WITH «POLLS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word polls.
1
Bruce Babbitt
I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of the newspapers all over this country saying public supports restoration in restoration of the Everglades, protection of the parks and the creation of monuments.
2
Jim Bolger
I think we have a fascinating new and quite dominant input into politics - and it wont go away. From time to time, people articulate a view that we should ban opinion polls, but that's nonsense.
3
Jim Bolger
And I think the rolling polls put more pressure on them to sustain their beliefs and to improve their delivery of the policy and their delivery of the ideas so that they can garner support for whatever principle they're articulating.
4
Pat Boone
In fact - statistically, as you know - people have done polls, research, and at least 80 percent or more or working media are liberal Democrats if they are involved with any party and certainly liberal in their philosophy.
5
Paul Bremer
While it's very hard to know exactly how to measure public opinion there, because there's no really good polling, the fact of the matter is that in all the polls I've seen the vast majority of the Iraqis prefer to be free and are pleased that the coalition freed them.
6
James L. Buckley
They may then be willing to cast principled votes based on an educated understanding of the public interest in the face of polls suggesting that the public itself may have quite a different understanding of where its interest lies.
7
George W. Bush
If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.
8
Herman Cain
The American people, Neil, are sick and tired of excuses. They are sick and tired of the blame game. And they're sick and tired of the deception coming from this president and this administration. This is why I believe that I am doing so well in the polls.
9
Rosalynn Carter
Don't worry about polls, but if you do, don't admit it.
10
John Conyers
According to recent opinion polls, a large majority of Iraqis believe that the U.S. military has no intention to leave Iraq, and that it would stay even is asked by the Iraqi government to leave.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLLS»

Discover the use of polls in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polls and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Opinion Polls and the Media: Reflecting and Shaping Public ...
A collection of original essays drawing together international research on the media's use of opinion polls, covering both theoretical and methodological approaches.
Christina Holtz-Bacha, Jesper Stromback, Jesper Strömbäck, 2012
2
Britain at the Polls 2010
The ninth book in the long-running Britain at the Polls series, the 2010 edition looks back at the political landscape since 2005 with special focus on the transition from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown, the impact of the financial crisis and ...
Nicholas Allen, John Bartle, 2010
3
Opinion Polls: History, Theory and Practice
The book consists of three principal, interwoven strands: the history and development of opinion polling; the survey research theory which lies behind polls; and the methodology used in practice by the polls.
Nick Moon, 1999
4
Method and Meaning in Polls and Surveys
The book will be of interest to social scientists, to survey researchers in academia and business, and to all those concerned with the pervasive influence of polls in society.
Howard Schuman, 2008
5
From Tea Leaves to Opinion Polls: A Theory of Democratic ...
Exploring political action within a broad historical context, the book develops a theory to show how the behavior of politicians, and the unfolding of political change, have been irrevocably altered since the advent of opinion polling in ...
John Gray Geer, 1996
6
The Voter's Guide to Election Polls
For the fourth presidential election running, Michael Traugott and Paul Lavrakas give voters everything they need to know about election polls and why it matters that we understand them.
Michael W. Traugott, Paul J. Lavrakas, 2008
7
Polls and the Awareness of Public Opinion
How well can polls measure public opinion? Should government policies follow majority opinion? Do polls influence elections? Can there be polls under a dictatorship?
Leo Bogart
8
Bowls, Polls, and Tattered Souls: Tackling the Chaos and ...
And because he's both fair and objective, there is something in this book to infuriate nearly everyone." a??a?
Stewart Mandel, 2010
9
A Journalist's Guide to Public Opinion Polls
This straightforward text provides journalists, both professional and student, with an explanation of the realities of an increasingly important facet of today's precision journalism--public opinion polling.
Sheldon R. Gawiser, G. Evans Witt, 1994
10
LBJ and the Polls
This original and significant monograph, for which Bruce Altschuler mines the rich archival lode at the Lydon B. Johnson Library, explores how the Johnson administration used polls and how polls affected major policy decisions.
Bruce E. Altschuler, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLLS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term polls is used in the context of the following news items.
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Early polls don't mean much. It's still possible to report on them.
But I'd say the same thing about the Hillary Clinton's good poll numbers in national polls pitting her against various Republicans (e.g., Jeb ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Don't Be Misled by the New Poll Results for Donald Trump
Their view is supported by a wave of polls out this week in the presidential race, often showing Mr. Trump surging into the mid-20s nationally. «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Please Advise! Trumping Polls Can't Be This Simple
Topping the polls is easy. You're an immigrant-hating, veteran-insulting birther, right? Photo by Nancy Wiechec, Reuters Media Express. «TheTyee.ca, Jul 15»
4
Leftist Party's Presidential Candidate Ahead in Argentine Polls
A new opinion poll shows that Daniel Scioli, an ally of the current Argentine president, Cristina Fernandez, is set to easily win national primary ... «teleSUR English, Jul 15»
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EFF upbeat on taking on ANC in local polls
THE Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) sought to demonstrate in numbers at the weekend that the party was now ready to take over state ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
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2015 elections boost Nigerians confidence in polls – Uwais
A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Uwais, said in Abuja, on Monday, that the credibility of the 2015 general elections had ... «The Punch, Jul 15»
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Lalu and Nitish will split up before polls in Bihar: Katheria
Allahabad: Dismissing surveys which showed that the Nitish-Lalu combine had an edge in poll-bound Bihar, senior BJP leader and Union ... «IBNLive, Jul 15»
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Donald Trump Is Leading in the Polls. He's Still Not Going to Win the …
Jeb Bush is at 15 percent and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is at 10 percent; everyone else is in the single digits.) Other recent polls have had ... «Reason, Jul 15»
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Bihar polls 2015: BJP will get absolute majority in elections, says …
Asked whether the front formed by H D Deve Gowda, Nitish, Lalu and Cogress would affect BJP's prospects in Bihar polls, Naidu said they ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
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PNoy: 2016 polls will serve as referendum on 'Daang Matuwid'
For President Benigno Aquino III, the 2016 national elections will ultimately test Filipinos' approval of his “Daang Matuwid” platform. «GMA News, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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