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canvass
[ kan-vuhs ]
verb (used with object)
- to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
Synonyms: explore, scrutinize, analyze
verb (used without object)
- to solicit votes, opinions, or the like.
noun
- a soliciting of votes, orders, or the like.
- a campaign for election to government office.
- close inspection; scrutiny:
the official canvass of election results.
canvass
/ ˈkænvəs /
verb
- to solicit votes, orders, advertising, etc, from
- to determine the feelings and opinions of (voters before an election, etc), esp by conducting a survey
- to investigate (something) thoroughly, esp by discussion or debate
- to inspect (votes) officially to determine their validity
noun
- a solicitation of opinions, votes, sales orders, etc
- close inspection; scrutiny
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Derived Forms
- ˈcanvasser, noun
- ˈcanvassing, noun
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Other Words From
- can·vass·er noun
- pre·can·vass verb (used with object) noun
- un·can·vassed adjective
- un·der·can·vass verb
- well-can·vassed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of canvass1
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Example Sentences
There is no purpose in asking people to walk the neighborhood to canvass for someone who would support the status quo.
Two blocks down Seventh Avenue, he came to Smiling Pizza, where he was scheduled to kick off a neighborhood campaign canvass.
The night sky has always been an amazing canvass for the human imagination.
The software allows users to make phone calls, register to vote, and canvass neighborhoods with a few simple instructions.
Or, a better preventive is a canvass or leather cap to protect the neck entirely from the storm.
My sentiments are neither divine oracles nor theological opinions which it is not permitted to canvass.
In the canvass of 1896 Mr. McKinley announced that he would make no electioneering tour.
But Mr Ferguson was not a sailor, or he would have known that it is the custom to reduce the grace in proportion with the canvass.
Canvass of the local trucking industry brought to light the conveyor of that elegant article of furniture.
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