canvass

English

Etymology

From canvas, originally meaning "to toss in a canvas sheet". First attested 1508

Pronunciation

• Homophone: canvas

Noun

canvass (plural canvasses)

1. A solicitation of voters or public opinion.

Translations

solicit opinions

• Spanish: solicitud (es) f, encuesta (es) f

Verb

canvass (third-person singular simple present canvasses, present participle canvassing, simple past and past participle canvassed)

1. To solicit voters or opinions.
2. To conduct a survey.
3. To campaign.

Quotations

• 1920, in the Classical Journal, volume 15, page 242:

  Some hunt "ponies" unrelentingly, others protest at intervals, most, perhaps, ignore the matter unless it is insolently forced upon their attention. How old this question was and how thoughtfully it had been canvassed we were not aware […]

• 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance, page 5

  Adam Berendt, who canvassed through Rockland County on behalf of education, environmental, and gun control bond issues.

Translations

solicit opinion

• Spanish: solicitar (es), encuestar (es)

survey

• Spanish: encuestar (es)

campaign

• Spanish: sondear (es)

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