public-opinion poll

[puhb-lik-uh-pin-yuh n]

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noun

a poll taken by sampling a cross section of the public in an effort to predict election results or to estimate public attitudes on issues.

Origin of public-opinion poll

First recorded in 1935–40

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Related Words for public-opinion poll

application, census, survey, sampling, canvass, poll