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• present participle of poll.

polling

American  

[pohl-ing] / ˈpoʊl ɪŋ /

noun

pollings plural

1. the act or process of conducting a poll, such as an opinion survey; the industry of conducting polls.

2. the act or process of casting or recording votes in an election.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the casting, recording, or conducting of a vote or poll.

polling British  

/ ˈpəʊlɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. the casting or registering of votes at an election

   2. ( as modifier )

      polling day

2. the conducting of a public opinion poll

3. computing the automatic interrogation of terminals by a central controlling machine to determine if they are ready to receive or transmit messages

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• pre-polling
  noun
• re-polling
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• pollings
  plural

Example Sentences

Polling finds Americans are more anxious than excited about these developments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Released Saturday, the final Emerson College Polling California survey before the primary shows Becerra, a Democrat, ahead with 28%, followed by Steyer, also a Democrat, at 22%, and Hilton, a Republican, at 21%.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Polling and sentiment gauges show that high gas prices are exacerbating worries about the cost of living.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Polling from the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston also found that Republican primary voters see both candidates as equally strong for the general election context.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Polling with Confidence Estimating characteristics of a population, such as the percentage who favor a certain candidate or a particular brand of dog food, is, like hypothesis testing, simple in principle.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Related Words

• election
• plebiscite
• poll
• referendum
• slate
• tally
• ticket